Yang Wei has been closely following China affairs for many years. He has been contributing political commentary on China for the Chinese language Epoch Times since 2019.
On May 7, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi once again talked about “multilateralism” at a UN Security Council video conference, using the UN as a battleground to confront the United States. The UN Security Council (UNSC) was originally meant to be a consultative mechanism to avoid conflicts and wars, but now the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—mistakenly thinking that “the East is rising and the West is falling”—flagrantly uses the UNSC to fight for hegemony, putting it in serious jeopardy.