Formal China-US G2 framework key to ‘guarantee’ world peace: top Beijing adviser

A top Beijing adviser, Zheng Yongnian, argued that an institutionalized China-US G2 framework could provide a 'structural guarantee' for global peace amid crises. He identified four interconnected challenges: geopolitical conflicts, increasingly 'religionised' societies, global economic imbalances, and the decline of the UN-centred governance system.