@misc{28066fafe9d64147b6e57e3a7f9fa2e7,
title = "Despite the Western media{\textquoteright}s focus on Putin hosting BRICS summit, this is about China{\textquoteright}s political rise in a multipolar world and US decline",
abstract = "President Xi Jinping is visiting Kazan, Russia between 22-24 October to attend the annual BRICS {\textquoteleft}plus{\textquoteright} summit, a grouping of emerging economies founded by Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2009. In 2023, the conference was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, which joined in 2010. These summits, and other Global South initiatives, reflect a shift in the global political economy from the United States to the People{\textquoteright}s Republic of China, and a transformation of the international {\textquoteleft}liberal{\textquoteright} order. Are we paying attention?",
keywords = "BRICS, China, US decline, Global South, multipolarity, trade, Peace and war, Conflict management, US-China rivalry",
author = "Oliver Villar",
note = "Countercurrents.org is read by about half a million people every month and about 1.5 million pages are read by our readers each month. Countercurrents.org won 2018 Solidarity Media award for {\textquoteleft}its courageous interventions in upholding Human Rights and Citizen{\textquoteright}s Rights{\textquoteright}. Countercurrents also acts as a News Agency for hundred of News Papers, Magazines, Websites around the world. Countercurrents acts as the voice of the Global South.",
year = "2024",
month = oct,
day = "24",
language = "English",
journal = "Countercurrents.org",
}