Asian Angle | China has a worthy blueprint to improve the UN system. Why is the West ignoring it?
China’s Global Governance Initiative seeks to end ‘might is right’, but the West insists on viewing it through a dusty Cold War lens
It was there that China unveiled one of its most consequential diplomatic proposals in recent memory: the Global Governance Initiative (GGI).
Yet a quick scan reveals how little coverage this moment received in mainstream Western media. Asking “why” unearths some inconvenient truths.
Western media still views China through a Cold War lens; etched into its DNA is the conviction that only the West can shape a new world order and that it must primarily serve Western interests. Its ability to ignore or censor initiatives deemed a threat to Western dominance demonstrates its disproportionate power in shaping the global narrative.
Such selective and ideologically driven disinterest risks missing the clear signs of an emerging new world order being shaped by non-Western states. These leaders of the global majority want a fairer system not built on “might is right” as exemplified by the US’ repeated illegal actions such as the attack on Venezuela and attempts to conquer Greenland.
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The GGI calls for reforming global governance to make it more just, inclusive and effective. It promotes five principles: sovereign equality, adherence to international law, genuine multilateralism, a people-centred approach and a commitment to real results.