{"slug": "the-white-paper-making-chinas-case-for-new-rules-over-the-worlds-new-frontiers", "title": "The white paper making China’s case for new rules over the world’s new frontiers", "summary": "China released a white paper on Wednesday advocating for more just and equitable global governance for new frontiers like AI and outer space, emphasizing the central role of the United Nations. Top diplomat Wang Yi warned that the post-WWII international system is at a critical crossroads due to multiple crises, calling for reinvigorated multilateralism and improved governance effectiveness.", "body_md": "# The white paper making China’s case for new rules over the world’s new frontiers\n\nBeijing says international governance is at a crossroads and needs to be more in line with new realities\n\nChina has pitched itself as a champion of rule-making for new frontiers, including AI and outer space, calling for a “more just and equitable” world order as humanity navigates “dangerous waters”.\n\nIn a policy document released on Wednesday, Beijing said it would continue to uphold the “central” role of the United Nations in the global governance of those emerging sectors.\n\nThe document, a white paper called “More Just and Equitable Global Governance: China’s Principles, Proposals and Actions”, said China saw no need to “rebuild” or “replace” the existing international system but supported changes “more compatible and aligned” with realities today.\n\nUnveiling the white paper in Beijing, China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, warned that the international system established after World War II had been disrupted by multiple crises, leaving global governance at a “critical crossroads”.\n\n“As the world enters a new period of turbulence and transformation, we need to reinvigorate multilateralism, uphold rules and the rule of law and improve the effectiveness of governance more than ever,” he said, stressing the need to address the “shortcomings and deficits” in existing frameworks.\n\nIn the white paper, China said “growing” challenges in the world were crying for “more effective governance”.\n\n“The ship of human civilisation has entered dangerous waters with hidden reefs and violent storms,” the paper said.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-white-paper-making-chinas-case-for-new-rules-over-the-worlds-new-frontiers", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3357445/white-paper-making-chinas-case-new-rules-over-worlds-new-frontiers?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-06-17 10:30:41+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-17 10:59:43.006691+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-safety", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["China", "United Nations", "Wang Yi", "Beijing"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-white-paper-making-chinas-case-for-new-rules-over-the-worlds-new-frontiers", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-white-paper-making-chinas-case-for-new-rules-over-the-worlds-new-frontiers.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-white-paper-making-chinas-case-for-new-rules-over-the-worlds-new-frontiers.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-white-paper-making-chinas-case-for-new-rules-over-the-worlds-new-frontiers.jsonld"}}