Foreign media: China understands them better

The online magazine of "Responsible Governance of the Country" online magazine on September 25, the original title: promoted the embrace of China in the south of the world.

Earlier this month, leaders of the world's countries around the world extended condolences to the British royal family on the death of Queen Elizabeth II. People -mainly in the Western world -mourning her death. In the southern and north of the world, post -colonial research, history and anthropology professors chose to wake people wake up the colonial and brutal memories of the British Empire, which made these two groups arguing in social media. This debate not only highlights the differences between Western and Global Southern to interpret history, but also a microcosm affecting the more important phenomenon of US and Western foreign policies.

In the United States, the linear view of foreign affairs and the unilateral decision -making, which is a long -term challenge facing international relations theory. Analysts, think tanks and decision makers in Washington and New York often formulate policies based on their understanding or assumptions of global people's needs. The Biden government forcibly split the world into one of the two camps of democracy and authoritarian countries is one of the products of this idea. There is no more coherent world framework than this two -point method. The "privileges" brought by full democracy such as speech, expression and freedom of thought are not necessarily the needs of global southern society, but more of a wish. Many people in Washington may not realize that even today, many people in Latin America, South Africa, Asia, and even Eastern Europe are still difficult to meet the physiological needs at the bottom of the pyramid (air, water, food, residence and place of residence and place. Clothing) and safety needs (employment, resources, health, property). The leaders of the Seventh Kingdom Group (G7) are advocating the respect of respect close to the top, such as freedom and self -esteem.

As a Kenyan official summarized, "when a British leader visited, we got a preaching; when a Chinese leader visited, we got a hospital." The United States needs to adjust its foreign policy. A typical example is Russia, China, and India's response to new crown pneumonia. They first provided vaccines to the global south. When the United States issued an export ban under the rule of Trump, the vaccine in China and India had arrived in the backyard of the United States.

Take the recent rounds of BRICS meetings and G7 conferences as examples. On the one hand, compared to BRICS countries such as replacing US dollars in trade, strengthening energy cooperation, and absorbing more global southern countries, American news headlines prefer to pay attention to G7 leaders to fight tie. On the other hand, since the Western world has imposed unilateral sanctions on Russia this spring, crude oil, fertilizer and grain price increases have directly affected the life of billions of people around the world. When the G7 considers the effective way of frustrating Russia, the development of the world is more worried about whether food can be put on the table and maintaining the lighting of the family and hospital. In a clear comparison, the G7, especially Biden's response to price increases- "Before the victory of Ukraine, the price of natural gas will remain high." The disconnection between the demand between the West and the world will become a good opportunity for China.

Unlike the Soviet Union during the Cold War, China today has a trillion -dollar capital that invests in the world through the "Belt and Road" initiative. Beijing provides the development of infrastructure such as capital and roads, bridges, and ports in the development of economies. The economic and social benefits of these projects vary from the country, but they have not caused general dissatisfaction with the initiative in the south of the world.

China is the world's largest trading country and controls the supply chain of multiple industries that is vital to the United States. The most important thing is that China is competing for the leadership role of the south of the world and has continued to make progress. Its influence not only enters Iran and Argentina, such as countries with existing disputes with the Western world, but also faces friendship and unity when facing the challenge of joint survival challenges. Entering many other developing countries.

As the United States shifts its focus to Asia, and contacts the Pacific island nations and more extensive other southern countries, it should try its best to interpret history through the perspective of the people of the region and adopt a more equal foreign policy to meet their needs. It is found that developing countries have invested in China's embrace.

Author Agill Ramesh, translated by Wang Huicong

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