China’s Vision for a New World Order

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has a very clear vision for a new world order. And although observers in the United States may disagree with that vision, Washington should not dismiss it, argues Elizabeth Economy in a new piece for Foreign Affairs.

Economy is one of the foremost experts on China in the United States. A senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, she served as the senior adviser for China at the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2021 to 2023.

She stresses that if the United States wants to outcompete China, Washington needs to offer its own vision for a new world order; it can’t simply defend an unpopular status quo.

Sources:

“China’s Alternative Order” by Elizabeth Economy

“China’s Imperial President” by Elizabeth Economy

“China’s Inconvenient Truth” by Elizabeth Economy

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