Premier Li Qiang touts China’s global vision at UN, slams US isolationism
As Beijing pushes multipolar initiatives and courts the Global South, US-China tensions linger despite easing trade disputes
Chinese Premier Li Qiang urged the United Nations on Friday to embrace multilateral values and a stable global order, took pointed swipes at the US and called for reforms that reflect Beijing’s development model.
“Solidarity lifts everyone up,” Li said, without mentioning US President Donald Trump by name. “History keeps reminding us that when might dictate right, the world risks division and regression.”
“Should the era of the Law of the Jungle return and the weak be left as a prey to the strong, human society would face even more bloodshed and brutality.”
“We should collaborate more closely to identify and expand convergence of interests, promote universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalisation, and help each other succeed by moving forward in the same direction.”
Drawing on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, the premier touted the relative peace and economic prosperity that has ensued by adhering to global rules and collective action.