China is expanding its influence over Global South developing and emerging countries using its economic clout amid rising discontent with the international order led by the West, a Japanese government think tank said Tuesday.
An annual report on China by the National Institute for Defense Studies, a think tank of the Defense Ministry, says that Beijing’s growing sway has the risk of destabilizing the region.
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s government is strengthening cooperation with Middle East countries through the provision of drones and missiles as well as the construction of infrastructure, the report says, warning of a “new stage in China’s presence in the Middle East” that is “likely to further accelerate the competition between China and the United States.”
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/18/japan/politics/defense-think-tank-report
