China’s global strategy becomes clear at BRICS.
Executive Summary:
- Xi Jinping envisions a China-led global order and shared that vision at last month’s
BRICS Summit. - China seeks a peaceful revolution against the established U.S. global order, and does
not seek military confrontation with the U.S. or its allies. - Cooperation from the “Global South” is key to China’s strategy and may represent its
center of gravity.
Chinese President Xi Jinping opened last month’s BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Summit with a question about where the world is headed: “Peace or war? Progress or regression? Openness or isolation? Cooperation or confrontation?” He spent the rest of his two speeches drawing lines between the Western order – unilateral sanctions, more confrontation, more war, and more isolation – and the emerging Chinese-led global order, which Xi says will offer peace, inclusiveness, and cooperation. Xi’s ability to usher in a Chinese world order depends on China’s ability to recruit members of the “Global South” into a new global monetary system. Xi turned a new page in this chapter of global history during the BRICS Summit.
Xi was very clear in warning the BRICS member nations that a U.S.-led world order will lead to more conflict as the U.S. pursues East-West bifurcation and bloc mentality reminiscent of the Cold War. China blames U.S. sanctions for the breakdown of the global food supply and the worsening food crisis, and Xi warned that conditions would worsen if the United States were to retain global dominance.
by cmartenson 
