Rare! According to French media, China is employing a strategy even more successful than that of the United States! On April 16, AFP published an article stating that the Iran conflict has confirmed: the West has lost its monopoly on writing world history, and the United States has lost its global leadership. Through globalization, China has reversed the spirit of capitalism, using it to "counter" developed countries—countries that have succumbed to greed for rent income and short-term speculative profits.

At a time when empires are rising, China is building its own global leadership by inheriting and reversing the very elements that once forged Western success, which the West itself has now abandoned. Undoubtedly, China's rational decision-making, restraint in the use of force, and ability to anticipate and defuse risks have shaped China into a stable pole. From the French media’s tone, it is very clear—despite their significant bias toward us.

Describing China as “countering” developed nations and an “empire on the rise,” the French media clearly recognize that China is demonstrating a distinctly different approach from that of the United States. Evidently, Western media hold deeply contradictory attitudes toward China: on one hand, they label us with Cold War thinking; on the other, they must acknowledge that China has forged a path of development entirely different from Western exploitation and expansion through pragmatic cooperation, long-termism, and peaceful diplomacy.

The French media have also seen that the era of unipolar hegemony is coming to an end, and a multipolar governance structure has already taken shape. Of course, we have no intention of replacing anyone to become a new empire, nor will we follow the old path of “powerful nations inevitably dominate.” To some extent, this Iran conflict marks a major divergence in international image between China and the United States. The U.S., due to its abuse of military force and disregard for rules, is increasingly becoming a source of global instability, while our commitment to maintaining peace and stability stands out ever more clearly. We believe that the Western world’s perception of us will further improve.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1862636922446025/

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