China, the US, and the International Order: Are We Moving Towards Parallel Systems? | Wei Da

In an era marked by rapid shifts in global power dynamics, the ascent of China as a formidable force on the world stage poses one of the most critical challenges to the international order of the 21st century. The prevailing notion that China is a revisionist power, intent on establishing a parallel international order to rival that of the United States and the West, raises pivotal questions. Is there truth to this belief? How did China and the United States lose their consensus over the desirable international order? Which elements are we satisfied or dissatisfied with? Towards what kind of order or orders are we moving?
This webinar aims to dissect the narrative of China's emergence as a power intent on sculpting a new world order - a vision that starkly contrasts with the U.S.-led system that has dominated global affairs for nearly a century.
About the Speaker
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Wei Da is the director of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University and a professor in the Department of International Relations, School of Social Science, Tsinghua University. Dr. Da’s research expertise covers China-US relations and US security & foreign policy. He has worked in China’s academic and policy community for more than two decades. Before his current positions, Dr. Da was the assistant president of University International Relations (2017-2020) and director of the Institute of American Studies, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (2013-2017). He has written hundreds of policy papers for the Chinese government and published dozens of academic papers in journals in China, the US, and other countries. He earned his BA and MA from UIR and his Ph.D. from CICIR. He was a visiting senior fellow at the Atlantic Council of the United States from 2006 to 2007, a visiting senior associate at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University from 2008 to 2009, and a China Policy Fellow at Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center in Winter 2024.

[@kalipotmeng]

People like Prof Da should speak more in the west to explain china's view. Too few people in the west understand it.

[@rolandwong9306]

Professor Wei Da provided a particularly good discussion of the China-US relationship and future directions. We have a declining world power that wants to keep its hegemony over China with a rising China that has never been interested in a Euro-centric idea of world order. China considers the Belt and Road and other institutions to improve its trade and production, but the West thinks it is the second coming of colonialism. By 2049, the entire evolution and answers will come regarding where each country will sit. There may be an angry country with allies and another group of countries operating on another more efficient and greener system without cries of over-capacity. There will also be another angry group that says, "Where is my share?"

[@wheniamfree]

The problem of current order, liberal or not, is that no one can challenge the US, since it considers itself the sole hegemony of the world. This is evident by the trade wars in the past between the US and many others, namely UK, Germany, Japan, and so on. Unfortunately, reckless physical policy, divided internal politics, double standards in foreign policy etc. make the US hegemony unsustainable. A new order certainly will emerge,! However, we should all strive to enter the new order peacefully, and China does provide with a good alternative.

[@robertseaborne5758]

In the struggle for the future world order; a struggle between unipolarity as a source of conflict and multipolarity as a system of mutual constraints, the strategic rivalries will be defined by total victory or defeat. China and Russia don't need to promote the advantages of their newly emerging multipolar world order; because the U.S. is doing such a thorough job of wrecking its outdated and declining unipolar world order.

[@dankschang]

With US reluctance to appreciate the multi-polar world, it is best we have arrangements of Asia for the Asian region. There is nothing wrong with decoupling of west and east, as long the world is not in conflict..but I doubt the US has any respect towards international law that is aligned with global peace.

[@Didmasela]

@dankschang: I totally agree with you with the arrangement of Asia for Asia region. However my perspective is that, China and Russia, together with sane countries of the global south deviate from the west and the United Nations and form their own Global South Nations. This will free all the bullied states of the global south from the neocolonial yoke of the western-dominated United Nations. The potentials and advantages are great notably 1- Human resources(about 5 billion people that would create huge market potential as long they work hard to develop human resources that would create a huge rich market due to middle and high-income class); 2- Technoogical self sufficiency with the combined BRICS technology; 3- The Global South together with Russia is home to 80% of worlds vital mineral and natutal resources, oil and gas, 90% of highly fertile arable land:4-The global south is home to the biggest green energy, especially solar energy and hydro-electric power enery sources.

[@Doubt2024]

Seems more like a dissertation defense

[@Didmasela]

My perspective is that, China and Russia, together with sane countries of the global south deviate from the west and the United Nations and form their own Global South Nations. This will free all the bullied states of the global south from the neocolonial yoke of the western-dominated United Nations. The potentials and advantages are great notably 1- Human resources(about 5 billion people that would create huge market potential as long they work hard to develop human resources that would create a huge rich market due to middle and high-income class); 2- Technoogical self sufficiency with the combined BRICS technology; 3- The Global South together with Russia is home to 80% of worlds vital mineral and natutal resources, oil and gas, 90% of highly fertile arable land:4-The global south is home to the biggest green energy, especially solar energy and hydro-electric power enery sources.

[@michael511128]

Why make a forensic analysis? Do we not have the freedom to badmouth US imperialism? Either people don’t have the training to know what you’re talking about or they would fall asleep. We need the bluntness of Michael Hudson, dignity of Jeffrey Sachs and reasonings of Noam Chomsky. They speak in plain language from hearts to minds.

[@Free2BHuman]

If sovereign states believe a word of🇬🇧🇺🇲 maybe statehood aspirations only play🤔country observed own ppls aspirations is right Great Britain?? When thief great man