As US cedes multilateral space, Chinese top envoy Wang Yi turns on the charm

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi has traversed three continents in the past week, voicing support for multilateralism and casting the world’s second-largest economy as a responsible international player. This comes as the US looks to be moving away from the prevailing global order – the very architecture that it had helped to create and underwrite. “For quite a while, China has positioned itself as a promoter of as well as an active participant in multilateralism,” said Assoc Prof Hoo Tiang Boon of Singapore’s NTU. But the actions of the current US administration have “certainly made it easier” for China to push this message, noted the expert in Chinese foreign policy.

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