Wang Wen: China is Building a New World Order
Prof. Wang Wen and Prof. Glenn Diesen
Prof. Wang Wen outlines how changes not seen in centuries are developing at a rapid pace, which is transforming the international system and human civilisation. China has learned that weak states are vulnerable and often destroyed in the international system, while powerful states can be seduced by the possibility of security through dominance. Prof. Wang Wen argues that China aims to be powerful without pursuing hegemony.
Prof. Wang Wen is the Dean & Professor of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China (RDCY). He is also the Deputy Dean of Silk Road School, Distinguished Professor, Executive Director of China-US People-to-People Exchange Research Center at Renmin University of China. He works as the Secretary-General of the Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking, a Research Fellow of the Financial Research Center of the Counsellor Office of the China’s State Council, and also serves as a visiting professor at more than 10 universities around the world.
What truly fueled this shift was the world's collective desire for genuine cooperation—nations wanting to assist each other and trade on equal footing, creating partnerships rather than dependencies.
But then we look at the current flashpoints: Gaza, Ukraine, and Taiwan. What's Taiwan really about, for heaven's sake? It's become a geopolitical chess piece—a threat wielded rather than a place that needs "policing." The area doesn't require external intervention; instead, it's being used as leverage. The US dangles incentives like $6 billion in arms and training, alongside the strategic prospect of severing China's semiconductor supply chain. This would potentially allow America to surge ahead in the AI race. Honestly babe, I shudder to think what those in power have planned if they completely dominate the AI landscape—because historically, it's never been about peace.
Enter China with a different playbook: offering to build ports, develop infrastructure, and share technology in exchange for fair trade agreements. It's cooperation versus coercion, partnership versus positioning.
Luckily I have front row seats.
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