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"Adhere to humanity's shared values and lead the reform of the global system of governance" - Every other day, it seems, I come across an article about China's desire to reform global governance. This time, by ex-diplomat and preeminent scholar Ruan Zongze.
Abstract and excerpts:

Ruan is executive vice President and senior fellow at the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), a think-tank administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and member of UNDP Human Development Report Advisory Panel.

Ruan's article was published in the "Chinese Cadres Tribune", a monthly journal on ideology and theory sponsored by the Party School of the Central Committee of the CCP.

Abstract: "As the world undergoes major changes unseen in a century, international peace and security face serious challenges, and the global governance system is undergoing unprecedented and profound adjustments.

"At the same time, the major changes present a new opportunity for humanity's shared values to lead global governance. It's not only the shared wealth of human civ, but also the key to solving the problems of our times, and the greatest common denominator for a better world.

"China is increasingly transitioning from a participant to a leader in global governance, taking the initiative to participate in global governance and provide public goods, and actively promoting global governance development in a more just and reasonable direction."

Excerpts: "As the world's largest developing country and a permanent member of the UNSC, and in light of the world's major changes unseen in a century, China has made unrelenting efforts to promote human development and progress by vigorously upholding multilateralism.

"In this new journey, the CCP has always maintained a sense of duty to seek the Great Unity (Datong 大同) for the world, and has contributed Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to the common problems that humanity faces.

"Indeed, the world is still in turmoil, and the US and other Western countries are still clinging to remnants of days past, huddling in a cocoon of ideological prejudice, fomenting ideological bias and clashes of civilizations, engaging in unilateralism, bullying, and...

"...zero-sum games, inflicting devastating effects on international relations and posing grave challenges to global governance.

"They are attempting in vain to pass off their own rules & norms as international rules & norms, and their own order as the int'l order, putting their interests above those of the international community and seriously undermining the fundamental norms of international relations.

"They wage war in the name of "peace," plunder in the name of "development," discriminate in the name of "fairness," perpetrate illegal acts in the name of "justice," act as global tyrants in the name of "democracy," and deprive others of independence in the name of "freedom."

"The West's so-called "universal values" fully reveal its hypocrisy,bullying, & egotistical nature, interfering in the internal affairs of other countries at every turn on the grounds of "democracy"&"human rights," waging wars, promoting regime changes, & threatening world peace

"In the midst of a pandemic, the US found the time to politicize the origin-tracing of COVID (which belies a guilty conscience in and of itself), and seriously interfered with and undermined international cooperation in fighting the epidemic, to the detriment of others and itself

"However, COVID has shown us that there is another path and that we can only overcome the crisis by working together for a common cause as a community of shared future for mankind.

"In stark contrast to the old path of war, slavery,& plunder that Western powers took to rise to prominence, the successful practice of socialism w/ Chinese characteristics has formed a new path of CN-style modernization, providing a new way for developing countries to modernize"

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