From the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, President Xi Jinping raised his voice amid the growing international chaos. His words echoed with the war in Iran still smoldering, the Gaza conflict unresolved, and tensions burning in the Strait of Hormuz.

“We must oppose the law of the jungle and, together, defend genuine multilateralism and protect global peace and development”, declared the Chinese leader during his meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

Xi was blunt describing the current landscape: the international order is crumbling and falling into chaos. He warned that the planet is going through turbulence caused by multiple simultaneous conflicts threatening everyone’s stability.

Sánchez, on his fourth trip to China in four years, fully agreed: “We want an order where the law of the jungle, the law of the strongest, does not prevail”. Both leaders committed to working toward a multipolar, stable world based on mutual respect.