Chinese solutions to governance problems

The Western model, represented by the Washington Consensus and characterized by exclusionism and global dominance, has been endangering global governance since the global financial crisis. On the international front, the United States has overruled, or has been trying to overrule the United Nations - the Afghan war and Iraq war, and most recently the Paris climate change agreement come readily to mind as examples.

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund still refuse to elect a non-Westerner as their chief. Despite the shrinking global influence and leadership of Washington, US President Donald Trump has been making intensive efforts to dismantle the global liberal architecture and kill off globalization by adhering to his "America First" policy. Adding to the US' retreat from global engagement are Brexit and the rise of isolationism and economic nationalism in the Western world.