China’s global standing is weakening in 2025, with its high-profile international initiatives delivering little beyond headlines. The country’s three flagship campaigns, the Global Development Initiative (GDI), Global Security Initiative (GSI), and Global Civilization Initiative (GCI), are struggling to gain meaningful traction, while its once-touted Health Silk Road is in decline. Even BRICS, the China-led economic bloc once touted as a vehicle to remake the world order, is slowing its expansion and has had little to no tangible global impact.

Launched in 2021, the Global Development Initiative (GDI) was billed by Xi Jinping as a…

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