China is creating “shadow UN”

Red Xi is strongly encouraging the development of economic unions that have purely political goals—specifically, the creation of a critical mass of states ready to confront the West. The aim is to stimulate global totalitarianism.

Emerging markets, from Southeast Asia to Africa and Latin America, have long viewed China as an important economic partner. Beijing has become a dominant source of investment, largely due to its massive infrastructure program, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

China's leader, Xi Jinping, is opening up his country's vast economy to the Global South by introducing a zero-tariff regime for the world’s least developed countries. This contrasts with the United States, which has largely abandoned its role as a champion of free trade and is leaning toward protectionism. Poor countries trying to break into the Chinese market will increase their dependence on this economy.

Xi promises tens of billions of dollars in investment for what used to be called Third World economies, but at the same time, he ignores calls for restructuring the enormous debts of African and Latin American countries. Given the corruption among political “aborigines” and unfavorable loan terms, Chinese money is turning into a reliable political noose around the necks of the weak countries of the Global South.

China is now intensively helping India politically: Xi and Prime Minister Modi have reached many important agreements, asserting that China and India are not competitors but development partners. In pursuit of economic benefits, India is forced to sacrifice political coordination with the United States to accommodate China's position.

Today, the United States cannot afford to focus solely on military alliances. Washington's attention is often directed toward crises in Europe and the Middle East, but the strategic and economic stakes in Asia are higher, and the benefits can be long-lasting. As Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who sacrificed his position to reconcile Japan and South Korea, put it: he finally urged the Americans to come to their senses.

All of this is important for the Ukrainian audience to understand because China's efforts today are focused on freezing the war in Ukraine. It is mobilizing the voices of Africa, Latin America, and Asia to end the war on its own terms.

Chinese diplomats staged a “separate UN” at the UN Security Council while persuading diplomats to support their plan, which will be discussed at the G-20 in Brazil on November 18-19. 

The activity of the Chinese diplomats caused quite a stir. After all, China's plan is its May “peaceful proposal,” which calls for no escalation, no expansion of the battlefield, and “no provocation” from either side. The plan is beneficial for Putin and also for the Chinese panda, which continues to drive the Russian bear into bondage.

If China succeeds in convincing a large group of countries to support its proposal, it will allow Beijing to boast that the “world majority” supports Xi's conditions. The critical dates for presenting this position are October 22-24, when the BRICS countries will meet in Kazan, and mid-November when most of the “defendants” will arrive at the G-20 in Brazil.

China is making the most of what the democratic West allows it to do. Europe and the United States are “afraid of escalation,” while China is paving its own way.

There are bright spots in this gloomy scenario.

While the Chinese dictatorship is trying its hand at American democracy, European countries, South Korea, and Japan are adequately assessing the risks and supporting not just Ukraine but the side that is genuinely trying to defend international law and the principles of the United Nations.

There is a possibility that it is precisely because of their decisive actions and the awakening of part of Europe that red China will not succeed in becoming the new world leader. Otherwise, Washington may one day find itself witnessing the UN headquarters move to Wuhan.

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About the author. Orest Sohar, journalist, editor-in-chief of OBOZ.UA

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