China’s Global Civilisation Initiative (GCI) in a realist world: Asean's pragmatic choice

Beijing launched its Global Civilisation Initiative (GCI), calling for equality between civilisations, mutual learning and dialogue, rejecting any claim that one civilisation is superior, and insisting that modernisation should not follow only a Western path.

Together with the Global Development Initiative (GDI), Global Security Initiative (GSI) and Global Governance Initiative (GGI), it is presented by Chinese officials as one of four global initiatives to tackle the world’s major problems: development to fight poverty, security to prevent war, civilisation to discuss values, and governance to fix gaps in global institutions.