Can the Global South have a say in global affairs?

China’s overseas curate says that emerging economies stay underrepresented successful planetary governance institutions.

Presenting China’s caller achromatic insubstantial connected making planetary governance much equitable, curate Wang Yi argued that the relation of the United Nations should beryllium strengthened and processing countries should person a stronger dependable successful the satellite body.

In Beijing’s stated view, each countries should person an adjacent dependable successful planetary affairs, which means the Global South should person much representation.

China’s telephone comes arsenic the satellite is engulfed successful galore equipped conflicts and facing superior economical challenges.

But is Beijing present presenting itself arsenic a person of the Global South? And volition it beryllium capable to garner capable enactment to play that role?

Presenter: Sami Zeidan

Guests:

Steve Tsang – Director of the SOAS China Institute

Cobus van Staden – Head of probe astatine the China-Global South Project

Allen Carlson – Associate prof successful the Government Department astatine Cornell University