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China's membership in the BRICS

Membership in the BRICS is also key to China’s flexible geopolitical position. While the BRICS grouping has different meanings to different participants, for China it is part of a strategy to construct a counterpole to Western power — not through overthrowing the current global structures, but by b…

—p.50 Uneven and Combined The New Scramble for Africa (45) by Padraig Carmody
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Washington Consensus

Still, there are differences between the “Washington Consensus” policies of the past and those advanced by the brics. For one, China does not have a neoliberal economy

—p.50 The New Scramble for Africa (45) by Padraig Carmody
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refute the centrality of charity

[...] To take back the mantle of justice and equality, the Left must delegitimize private foundations and refute the centrality of charity in solving the world’s most pressing problems.

—p.33 The Philanthropy Hustle (27) by Linsey McGoey
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