BISHKEK, July 16 (Xinhua) — An event promoting the fifth volume of “Xi Jinping: The Governance of China” was held in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, on Monday. Participants said that as the event coincided with the 25th anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), it was of great significance for representatives from all walks of life in both countries and from the SCO family to exchange views on the book. The important work systematically expounds the theory and practice…

China is playing an increasingly active and important role in global politics and economy, especially in the development of the Global South. One of its most recent initiatives, the Global Governance Initiative, in a sense represents the aspiration of the Global South, said Busani Ngcaweni, director of the University of Johannesburg Centre for Public Policy and African Studies. “I call it the Global South consensus,” he noted. Ngcaweni made the remarks at a panel discussion on Volume V of Xi…