China, faced with a hostile West, should make the Global South a foreign policy priority
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In the early 1970s, Mao’s ‘three worlds theory’ guided China’s strategic alignment with the political struggles of third world nations. As the country’s economy and influence grew, it focused on establishing ‘major power’ relationships with the West. Now, Beijing must reorient itself to the Global South.