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July 24, 2026
Global South Should Lead Emerging World Order, Mushahid Hussain Tells World Peace ForumBeijing: Senator Mushahid Hussain asserted on Monday that time was ripe for a new global order to emerge from the Global South since the post-World War II order was unravelling due to double standards.
Delivering the keynote address at the World Peace Forum (WPF) organized by Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, he explained that the Western-rules-based order was unravelling due to double standards as it “neither promoted order nor was based on any rules”.
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng delivered the inaugural speech at the forum, followed by Hussain's keynote address before an audience of about 100 international guests from 30 countries.
Speakers at the forum, including the former foreign ministers of Indonesia and Serbia as well as Chinese officials, praised Pakistan's proactive diplomacy , describing it as a "source of strength for peace, security and stability in the greater Middle East region and South Asia".
Referring to the 75th anniversary of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations, Hussain described the relationship as a “unique partnership” between the two neighbors that culminated in “Iron Brotherhood”.
He claimed that the multi-faceted and broad-spectrum diplomatic ties enjoyed by the two countries had “no parallel in recent international relations.”
Citing the Strategic Work Plan 2026-2030 for Pakistan-China relations, Hussain said it provided a blueprint for broadening, expanding and strengthening bilateral ties.
He also lauded the wisdom of the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization. He said it rose peacefully, without aggression, invasion, occupation, or colonization, and now stood at par with the United States as a “preeminent” global power.
Recalling US President Donald Trump’s May visit to China , Hussain said, POTUS called the US-China relationship "G2". He said it was "a tribute to China's deft diplomacy" and the country had "won two wars within a year without firing a single shot", referring to the Indo-Pakistan conflict and the US-Israeli war against Iran.
Alluding to last year’s war between Pakistan and India, Hussain said Chinese technology had triumphed over Western technology in South Asia.
He further appreciated the role of China in regional politics and called it a “principled power that enjoys confidence of all parties amidst the fallout of the Gulf conflict".
Hussain concluded his speech at the forum by quoting Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong’s speech he witnessed during his first visit to China as a college student in the early 1970s, "Nothing is hard in this world, if you dare to scale the heights".
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