Yuchen Li
In January, the same month the United States announced its withdrawal from 66 multilateral organizations, China hosted leaders from Canada, Finland and Britain. "The international order is under great strain," Chinese leader Xi Jinping told British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, calling for efforts to "build an equal and orderly multipolar world," as the two met in Beijing on January 29. The message is not new in China's diplomatic rhetoric but has become more pronounced amid US disengagement from multilateral institutions.
The US is notably abandoning many initiatives focusing on climate change, labor and migration — areas President Donald Trump has characterized as "woke" initiatives "contrary to the interests" of the country. At the same time, China remains a member of most of these multilateral organizations and is gaining broader global recognition. A recent international survey found that respondents across 21 countries, including 10 European Union member states, expect China's global influence to grow over the next decade, according to the European Council on Foreign Relations.
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