What is needed is developmental statecraft, a counter to the hegemonic statecraft of the Global North.
President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Governance Initiative at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Tianjin in September.
Additionally, the communique of the fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China highlighted the importance of pursuing major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics.
The Global South, instead of continuing to be a spectator, is helping shape a fairer global order.
Author's summary: Global South shapes fairer order.