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Delegates attend a panel discussion on Asia-Pacific security cooperation at the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2025. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
China’s Xiangshan Forum showcases Beijing’s rhetoric of peace while serving as a platform to expand the influence of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), court the Global South, and advance the regime’s goal of replacing the U.S.-led international order with a Beijing-led alternative.
Antonio Graceffo, Ph.D., is a China economy analyst who has spent more than 20 years in Asia. Graceffo is a graduate of the Shanghai University of Sport, holds an MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national security at American Military University.
