BRICS agree on admission of new members

Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, Xi Jinping of China, Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, India s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov L-R pose for a group photograph during the 15th BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre. — Advocates of the Global South: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Xi Jinping, Cyril Ramaphosa, Narendra Modi, Sergey Lavrov.

The BRICS have agreed on a mechanism for future expansion, but are keeping it secret. Meanwhile, China’s president had trouble with bouncers. Also bizarre: the propaganda machine claimed he had given a speech, which he was supposedly represented for.

The great reformer Deng Xiaoping once advocated restraint in foreign policy for his country as a maxim. Under the current Chinese state and party leader Xi Jinping, this is no longer evident. His statements and demands reveal an undisguised pursuit of a leadership role in the Global South.

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