The legacy of Xi Jinping, who led China for more than 30 years, monopolises ideological discourse in China. An unsettling but plausible visionThis vision of a fragmented and decidedly less liberal international order is highly speculative, but also dispiritingly plausible. For instance, China has already succeeded in weakening the liberal character of international human rights. In 2017, it proposed its first-ever resolution to the UN Human Rights Council, headed: “The contribution of development to the enjoyment of all human rights”. China has even been able to marshal the international system to defend and commend its behaviour in Xinjiang and Hong Kong.

Source: Stuff February 22, 2021 01:52 UTC