Why Even Canada Is Turning to China: Beijing’s ‘People-Centered’ Development

Is the era of American global dominance finally in decline? Does the Global South finally have a real alternative to the Western model of development? As the U.S. intensifies its aggression against the rest of the world — from attacks on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Maduro to tariff wars against its own neighbors — a new alternative is emerging. Political analyst Zoon Ahmed Khan joins Amanda Yee this week to discuss the rise of China’s “people-centered” development and its application in Belt and Road Initiative, its global governance model vs. the U.S., and why more and more countries, and even Western G7 nations like Canada, are turning towards strategic partnerships with Beijing.

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