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Global Development Initiative

China’s Global Development Initiative Meeting Signals Growing UN Influence

China’s Global Development Initiative (announced by President Xi Jinping in 2021) took a massive step towards global influence this week. It got the UN stamp of approval and is being integrated into its development plans like Agenda 2030.

LSE IDEAS

LSE's foreign policy think tank

Antonia Timmerman

Southeast Asia Editor at The China-Global South Project

Randy Mulyanto

Independent Journalist at Jakarta, Indonesia

Firdaus Cahyadi

Environmental Consultant & Columnist at Jakarta, Indonesia

Eric Olander

Editor-in-Chief at The China Global South Project

BU Global Development Policy Ctr.

Jitsiree Thongnoi

Bangkok-based Journalist

Han Zhen

China Editor at The China-Global South Project

Njenga Hakeenah

Climate Editor at The China-Global South Project

The ChinaMed Project

Cobus van Staden

Senior China-Africa Researcher at South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)

Sokvy Rim

Research Fellow at Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace

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