Summary: The aim of this essay is to offer an academic analysis of China’s efforts to become a global player, reflecting on the implications, meanings and scope of these efforts on the existing international order. To achieve this, this paper will focus not only on the formal dimension of foreign policy that the Chinese regime has followed, understood in part as a reflection of its domestic political circumstances and trajectory, but also on the actions undertaken so far by Beijing in the regional and global sphere, seeking to explore and integrate critical bibliography in a balanced way.

Author: Juan David Abella Osorio

Institutional affiliations: Colombian Foreign Policy Research Program (PIPEC), Los Andes University

Curriculum Vitae: Political Scientist from Rosario University, Master in Peace Building from Los Andes University, and Master in Development and Governance from Universität Duisburg-Essen. Juan David currently serves as Co-Coordinator of Asia Studies of the Colombian Foreign Policy Research Program (PIPEC) at Los Andes University, and is also a Fellow of Advocacy and Compliance at the International Human Rights Network (RIDH). The opinions expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of these organizations.

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