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Zheng Yongnian
Coverage of Zheng Yongnian in the Nexus archive.
- 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.
- Don’t assume US decline will lead to its fall, warns Chinese scholar
A Chinese scholar warns against underestimating the United States despite its decline, stating that no nation or force can currently replace its hegemonic status. Zheng Yongnian, dean of the school of public policy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, argues the US remains a dominant power even as it experiences relative decline.