The Atlantic Council published on 16 October 2023 an analysis titled "Why China Won't Win the Global South" by Michael Schuman, non-resident senior fellow in the Atlantic Council's Global China Hub and journalist with more than 25 years experience in Asia.
China is now acting as an alternative power to the West within the Global South and no longer one developing country among many. This has altered the power dynamic within the Global South and between China and the developing world. China now has an unequal relationship with the Global South. This situation has become more apparent as China deals with the debt crisis facing countries like Zambia in the Global South. The new unbalanced relationship between China and the Global South has left the door ajar for others to challenge China's quest for primacy in the developing world.
