Abstract
China’s rising ambitions as a global power and US retrenchment as a hegemon has redefined international politics over the past few years. This development has generated considerable scholarly attention on the sources of Chinese foreign policy. This paper contributes to .to this body of scholarship. The US-China dynamic in the international system is currently being mediated by the global human and economic toll of the COVID pandemic. China’s international reputation has been undermined by allegations of perfidy and opaqueness in its handling of the COVID-19. A dominant section of the international community led by the US is currently at loggerheads with China. Long-term discontent with globalization, mostly in advanced industrialized states, had already laid the groundwork for their antipathy towards China. The current contours of the “China versus the rest” dynamic in the international system are being shaped by China's struggle and the other major powers to dominate future technologies. This paper outlines these systemic changes and connects them to China’s domestic contestation over its foreign policy.
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