Why the Global South Won’t Give Up on China

The United States is pressuring developing countries to make a binary choice without making itself a better choice.

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries on the sidelines of the 2017 BRICS Summit in Xiamen, China, on Sept. 5, 2017. August 25, 2025, 12:01 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

Great-power competition forms the overarching framework of international politics today. Uneasy about China’s deepening engagement throughout much of the world, the West—led by the United States—views Beijing as a systemic and strategic competitor that must be opposed, which is not unlike Cold War-era fears over the spread of Soviet influence. Intentions to roll back or counterbalance Chinese as

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