The Next Decade: Beijing’s Vision for a Multipolar, Tech-Driven World
Geopolitically, Beijing frames the current international order at a precarious crossroads. The narrative explicitly condemns unilateralism, economic decoupling, and "beggar-thy-neighbor" protectionism as existential threats to the multilateral trading system. The coming decade will accelerate structural shifts in the global political economy at an unprecedented pace. But as the rules of the game are rewritten, the dividends of this transformation will be fiercely contested—and unevenly distributed. 1. The Tech Paradigm Shift: Rewiring the Global Economy Traditional economic playbooks are no longer the sole engines of growth. The vanguard of the next decade belongs to disruptive technologies: advanced AI, quantum computing, big data, and biotechnology. These innovations are doing far more than altering manufacturing; they are fundamentally rewiring supply chains, labor markets, and the human experience. · Decentralized Innovation: Unlike...