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Articles by W.Y. Kwok
Beijing’s Latest Global Leadership Bid
Executive Summary: The Global Governance Initiative (GGI), announced by Xi Jinping at the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit, marks a strategic evolution from sectoral cooperation to competition for global governance leadership. It critiques the so-called “global governance deficit” (全球治理赤字), which lead to the underrepresentation of the Global South, and calls for a more equal global governance system.
PLA Declares World-Class Ambitions with ‘Strongest Army’ Benchmark
Executive Summary: For the first time, an official PRC publication explicitly defines its goal to “establish a world-class army” (建设世界一流军队) standards as equivalent to the “world’s strongest military”(实力最强的军队), marking a direct competitive framework with the United States and other leading powers.
HarmonyOS NEXT: Beijing’s Bid for Operating System Independence
Executive Summary: Huawei has launched HarmonyOS NEXT, the first fully self-developed mobile operating system in the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) that is independent of Android and Linux/Unix kernels. HarmonyOS has seen substantial domestic adoption, surpassing iOS to become the PRC’s second-largest operating system with a 17 percent domestic market share.
Beijing’s Stimulus Package Comes Amid Growing Challenges
Executive Summary: In a departure from the long-term economic program announced at the Third Plenum in July, the Party leadership used an unusual politburo meeting in September to acknowledge “new situations and challenges” in the economy, unveiling its most significant stimulus package in recent years. Around the same time, the People’s Bank of China announced the strongest interest rate cut since 2021, along with a series of “combined moves” aimed at supporting the declining real estate market.
The Lianyungang Conference and Beijing’s Attempts to Reshape Global Security
Executive Summary: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has trained 2,700 foreign police officers in the past year and pledged to train an additional 3,000 in the coming 12 months, as part of its growing involvement in global security governance. The Global Public Security Cooperation Forum, held this year in Lianyungang, saw participation from 122 countries, regions, and international organizations.
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