Following the passage of five years from when President Xi Jinping first introduced the Global Development Initiative (GDI) to the world in a speech delivered during the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, the China offices of the UN development system, and […]

China has published a major white paper proposing a paradigmatic shift in global governance, titled “More Just and Equitable Global Governance: China’s Principles, Proposals and Actions.” The announcement was recently made by the State Council Information Office. The critical issues China addresses in this paper include the following proposals and actions: foster broader consensus within […]

A thriving civilization for millennia, China experienced a period of unprecedented upheaval and humiliation following a period of highly disruptive foreign interference starting in the 1830’s. However, hunger for self-redemption, a return to its glory, and a political rebirth, inspiration was found in the success of the Bolshevik revolution. Indeed, this was more than just […]

Seventy years since the composition of the term Artificial Intelligence (AI), the world has made significant progress in making that technology a reality, turning what seemed science fiction into “science friction” with ethics and safety. A new wave of systemic change driven by AI is washing across all the continental shores of Earth. At the […]

In a keynote address delivered at the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) in April of 2022, China’s President, H.E Xi Jinping introduced to his audience for the very first time a concept aimed at guiding the world through the security questions of the modern age dubbed the Global Security Initiative (GSI). A report released by […]

China could beat the world in the robotics frontier of technological competition – by solving the hardest problem in the industry – making human-like robotic hands. The hand is one of the most complex parts of the human body. That complexity, comprised of nimble, nerve-filled appendages, has turned out to be a great problem in […]