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    A local train driver receivs a notebook from his Chinese predecessor at the Adama station in Adama City, Ethiopia, Sept. 9, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)The global perception landscape is changing. For decades, the United States occupied a dominant position in international public opinion. The latest Pew Research Center survey, however, points to a notable turning point: for the first time in more than two decades, China is viewed more favorably than the United States across a larger number of countries.
What explains China's growing appeal?
For many developing countries, China offers a practical development partnership centered on infrastructure, investment, industrialization, technology transfer and trade. Rather than prescribing a single pathway to modernization, it has generally emphasized allowing countries to pursue development in line with their national priorities.
One reason China's influence has grown is that its development model is highly visible. From Ethiopia's railways to Pakistan's power plants, Chinese-financed projects address everyday development challenges by improving transport, energy security and connectivity. Through the Belt and Road Initiative, China has mobilized nearly 1 trillion U.S. dollars in infrastructure investment, producing projects that citizens can see, use and associate with economic progress.
The distinction lies not only in the scale of investment but also in the evolving priorities of development cooperation. While many Western partners have increasingly emphasized economic security, strategic de-risking, private-sector mobilization and governance reform, China has combined large-scale investment in physical infrastructure with technology transfer, industrial cooperation and human capital development.
At the same time, China has actively promoted trade by expanding market access, including granting zero-tariff treatment to many least-developed countries, deepening currency-swap arrangements, and encouraging the use of local currencies in cross-border trade. Together, these measures seek to strengthen economic connectivity, reduce transaction costs and exchange-rate risks, and create new opportunities for developing countries to integrate into regional and global value chains.
    A container truck, transporting the first batch of imports under China's expanded zero-tariff treatment to 53 African nations, enters Shenzhenwan Port in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, May 1, 2026. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
This integrated approach has produced tangible improvements in productivity, connectivity and local capacity, reinforcing perceptions of China as a long-term development partner.
Equally important is the philosophy underpinning China's engagement. Beijing consistently emphasizes sovereignty, mutual respect and non-interference, maintaining that every country should determine its own political and development path. For many governments across the Global South, this approach is a partnership based on equality rather than political conditionality, allowing them greater policy space to pursue domestic development priorities.
Diplomatic style has also influenced perceptions. Through mechanisms such as the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and regular engagement with Pacific Island countries, China has committed itself to equality and shared development. For many governments in the Global South, that sense of respect and recognition is not merely symbolic -- it contributes to long-term political trust.
Perhaps the most important nuance is this: the Global South is not becoming anti-American; it is becoming strategically pragmatic. Its foreign policy decisions are increasingly guided by national interests, economic opportunity, and development priorities rather than Cold War-style geopolitical alignment.
The Global South's primary ambition is neither ideological nor geopolitical -- it is developmental. Governments want to create jobs, eliminate poverty, modernize infrastructure, strengthen industrial capacity and improve the quality of life for their citizens. China's transformation over the past four decades, from lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty to becoming a global leader in infrastructure, manufacturing and technology, has demonstrated what sustained long-term planning can achieve. Consequently, many developing countries are looking to China not as a model to replicate wholesale, but as a development partner from which they can learn, cooperate and pursue shared prosperity while preserving their own policy autonomy.
This contrast is also reflected in broader policy priorities. At a time when many Western governments are increasingly emphasizing tariffs, export controls, technology restrictions, sanctions and economic security, China has continued to promote infrastructure investment, trade, industrial cooperation, technology partnerships, open-source AI initiatives and greater access to its domestic market. Whether one agrees with either approach or not, many developing countries evaluate partnerships primarily through the lens of economic development and tangible outcomes. That difference in emphasis is helping reshape global perceptions.
    A staff member arranges exhibits at the booth of Nigeria during the 9th China-Eurasia Expo in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 25, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
The world is changing, and the transition toward a more multipolar international order is becoming increasingly evident. The Global South is no longer a passive participant in world affairs. Its countries are exercising greater strategic autonomy, making decisions according to their own national interests, development priorities and the aspirations of their people. In China, developing countries have found a true friend and good partner.
Editor's note: Maya Majueran serves as the director of the Belt and Road Initiative Sri Lanka, an independent and pioneering organization with strong expertise in Belt and Road Initiative advice and support.
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B | 　　8月下半月，全国大部地区扩散条件总体较好，空气质量以优良为主，局地可能出现轻度污染。受沙尘天气影响，新疆部分城市可能出现PM10中度及以上污染。　　京津冀及周边地区：8月下半月，区域大部空气质量以良为主，局地个别时段可能出现轻度污染。

C | 其中，16—19日，温度升高，相对湿度降低，云量减少，辐射增强，区域大部空气质量以良至轻度污染为主；20—23日，受降水过程影响，区域大部空气质量以优良为主；24—31日，中层升温，云量减少，区域大部空气质量以良至轻度污染为主。首要污染物为O3。　　北京市：8月下半月，受间歇性弱冷空气和降水影响，扩散条件整体较好，空气质量以优良为主。其中，16日，地面受弱气压场控制，偏南风主导，扩散条件一般，空气质量为良；17—18日，地面以高压作用为主，北转南风，期间18日傍晚至夜间存在降水过程，空气质量以优良为主；19—20日，地面受弱气压场控制，偏静稳，扩散条件一般，空气质量为良；21—22日，气温回落，存在降水过程，空气质量以优良为主；23—24日，地面受均压场控制，偏南风主导，扩散条件一般，空气质量为良；25—27日，受冷空气影响，偏北风，扩散条件较好，空气质量优良；28—31日，地面气压场减弱，气温逐步回升，偏南风主导，空气质量为良。首要污染物为O3。　　长三角地区：8月下半月，前期受低压系统影响，有降水，区域空气质量以优良为主；中期副高北抬，气温回升，区域空气质量以良为主，内陆局地轻度污染；后期受低压槽影响，降水频繁，区域空气质量以优良为主。其中，16日，扩散条件较好，区域空气质量以优良为主；17—19日，扩散条件一般，区域空气质量以良为主，内陆局地轻度污染；20—25日，扩散条件一般，区域中北部空气质量以良为主，局地轻度污染，南部优良；26—31日，扩散条件较好，区域空气质量以优良为主。首要污染物为O3。　　汾渭平原：8月下半月，多降水过程，空气质量以优良为主，降水间歇期局地可能出现轻度污染。

D | 其中，16日，气温略有回升，有利于臭氧生成，空气质量以良为主；17—27日，多分散性降水过程，臭氧生成潜势较弱，空气质量以优良为主，降水间歇期东部局地可能出现轻度污染；28—31日，气温回升，臭氧生成潜势有所增强，空气质量以良为主，局地可能出现轻度污染。首要污染物为O3或PM10。　　东北区域：8月下半月，前期和后期受冷空气及分散性降水影响，区域大部空气质量以优良为主；中期气温回升，区域南部可能出现轻度污染。其中，16—19日，受弱冷空气及分散性降水过程影响，扩散条件较好，区域大部空气质量优良；20—25日，气温回升，地面以偏南风为主，扩散条件一般，区域大部空气质量优良，辽宁中西部局地可能出现轻度污染；26—31日，受冷空气过程影响，扩散条件有利，区域大部空气质量优良。首要污染物为O3或PM10。

E | 　　华南区域：8月下半月，受偏南气流和偏北气流交替影响，期间有分散性降水，大气扩散条件和湿清除条件整体较好，区域大部空气质量以优良为主，局地可能出现轻度污染。其中，16—17日，大气扩散条件一般，空气质量以优良为主，湖北中东部、湖南中北部、广东中部空气质量以良至轻度污染为主；18—19日，空气质量以优良为主，湖北中东部、湖南中北部空气质量以良至轻度污染为主；20—23日，大气扩散条件较好，空气质量优良；24—31日，大气扩散条件一般，空气质量以优良为主，湖北中东部、湖南中北部空气质量以良至轻度污染为主。首要污染物为O3或PM2.5。

F | 　　西南区域：8月下半月，扩散条件整体较好，空气质量以优良为主，局地可能出现轻度污染。其中，16—28日，区域有持续时间较长的大范围降水过程，扩散条件较好，区域空气质量优良；29—31日，降水过程逐渐结束，以晴天为主，辐射增强，扩散条件略有不利，重庆、成都平原、四川南部、四川东北部部分地区空气质量以良至轻度污染为主，其余区域大部空气质量以优良为主。首要污染物为O3。　　西北区域：8月下半月，空气质量整体较好，以良为主，局地可能出现轻度污染；新疆部分地区受沙尘天气影响可能出现中度及以上污染。

G | 其中，16—17日，受降水过程影响，空气质量以优良为主；18—19日，气温回升，有利于臭氧生成，空气质量以良为主，局地可能出现轻度污染；20—23日，多分散性降水过程，空气质量以良为主；24—25日，气温升高，臭氧生成潜势增强，空气质量以良为主，局地可能出现轻度污染；26—31日，扩散条件整体一般，局地伴有降水，空气质量以良为主。

H | 新疆地区：16—31日，北疆北部和天山北坡空气质量以优良为主，期间16—17日、20日和27日可能出现轻度污染；东疆和南疆地区以良至轻度污染为主，20—21日和27—29日受沙尘天气影响可能出现中度污染，和田可能出现重度污染。

I | 首要污染物为PM10或O3。版权申明：凡注有“”或电头为“”的稿件，均为独家版权所有，未经许可不得转载或镜像；授权转载必须注明来源为“”，并保留“”的电头。    。

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