Ambassador Promotes GCI in Sweden’s NewsVoice

On September 20, 2025, Cui Aimin (崔愛民), China’s ambassador to Sweden, published a signed article in the Swedish online media outlet NewsVoice to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, as well as the 80th anniversary of China’s supposed role — a more recently developed and misleading narrative — in co-founding the United Nations alongside the rest of the world. Called “Improving Global Governance, Building a Better Future Together,” the article entirely disregards the historical fact that the People’s Republic of China had not yet been established at the time. In fact, it was the Republic of China, currently situated in Taiwan, that took part in founding the UN. In the article, Cui also strongly promoted Xi Jinping’s Global Governance Initiative (GCI), put forward in September 2025 at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, which he said would advance open cooperation under this framework. He further criticized the United States as a unilateralist and a bully of the international order. In closing, Cui expressed his willingness to work together with Sweden to promote world peace and dialogue.