When President Xi Jinping introduced the concept of “A Community with a Shared Future for Mankind” as China’s global vision, the western world viewed it as just another lofty diplomatic abstraction. However, over the last decade, it has anchored itself as a defining principle of China’s modern foreign policy. As the global community marks China’s 77th National Day this year, one does not have to look deep and afar to see this philosophy operating in the physical world. This philosophy goes beyond BRI and CPEC, to position China as a champion of non-interference and equal rights to economic growth, strongly advocating for a multipolar world order where the sovereignty of the Global South is protected and state-led economic development is the accepted norm.

China has devised three pillars to turn the vision of “A Community with a Shared Future” into tangible global actions, which are; the Global Development Initiative (GDI), the Global Security Initiative (GSI), and the Global Civilization Initiative (GCI). These three pillars focus on economic development and poverty reduction, diplomatic mediation and anti-bloc security, and absolute cultural sovereignty, non-interference and promoting respect for different political and cultural models, respectively.

These Initiatives not only highlight China’s growing leadership role but also emphasize the basis on which China envisions that role; to grow while providing collective global........

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