Cancer-to-Capricorn: A Maritime Showdown for the Global South

Cancer-to-Capricorn: A Maritime Showdown for the Global South

In August 2025, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretary General Xi Jinping unveiled (again) his vision for a new world order at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Tianjin, China. Xi made clear China is leading a move away from the Western world order to an audience of 20 world leaders, many self-identifying as part of the so-called Global South.REF China is waging this competition using economic statecraft, education grants, m…