The coronavirus pandemic has given China a rare opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of authoritarian rule at a time when the US and its democracy are in a quandary.
The American magazine “Foreign Policy” writes about this.
The publication drew attention to how Beijing is strengthening in the world arena. It promotes Chinese citizens to positions at the UN and other international organizations. Unlike the United States, which owes the UN over $ 1 billion in unpaid contributions, China pays its bills on time and in full.
“The pandemic has given China a rare opportunity to demonstrate the perceived benefits of authoritarian rule at a time when the world’s leading democratic nation is in a quandary and US President Donald Trump is trying to retreat from the international order that America has built to rule the world”, – the article said.
The UN has become a reliable platform for China, which has already shown that it is ready to obey any powerful powers, “no matter how badly they behave.” In this regard, Beijing is actively promoting Chinese citizens in the United Nations. He even outsmarted Washington last summer by appointing a man to the top position at the Food and Agriculture Organization.
According to the UN report on staff demographics, 612 Chinese and only 460 Americans completed internships in the organization in 2018.
Since the end of the Cold War, China has gradually expanded its role in the UN, sending soldiers on peacekeeping missions when the US reduced its involvement. China today has more blue helmets than any of the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council. But until recently, China did not use this resource, leaving the United States, Britain and France to determine UN security priorities.
When the PRC was headed by Xi Jinping, the republic began to play a more assertive role. China has used its Security Council veto 10 times since 2011, joining forces with Russia to block a series of resolutions on Syria.
Thus, China is outperforming the United States according to American rules. He even succeeded in becoming a major development partner for most countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. All of them now understand what the actions against the PRC are fraught with.