Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked that the BRICS grouping of emerging economies be expanded to build a more just and equitable international order.

Xi also insisted that “hegemonism is not in China’s DNA”. His statement was contained in a speech delivered on his behalf at the start of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday.

Commerce Minister Wang Wentao who delivered Xi’s speech noted that China had no wish to engage in great power competition or create “bloc confrontation”
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