One World,Two Orders

一个世界两种秩序

With the occurrence of today’s cataclysmic crisis,the world is witnessing such immense upheavals and extensive readjustments,that it is now standing at a crossroads of history.The COVID-19 pandemic,which has been rampaging across the globe,is catalyzing profound changes unseen in a century.As this unprecedented transformation interacts and clashes with the current international order,an escalating contention between two ordering principles is on the horizon.Since anyone may fall victim to the virus,only by sticking together through thick and thin can we triumph over this common enemy of ours.Global governance calls for global wisdom and global responsibility,but the fierce rivalry between a multilateral order and a unilateral order is only getting more intense.Cooperation among major powers is difficult to achieve,particularly as China and the United States,the world’s two largest economies,are increasingly going separate ways.Confronted with such a destructive pandemic as COVID-19,the most urgent action is the strengthening of international cooperation to safeguard human health and well-being.The international community expects the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council to jointly initiate the needed global response to the pandemic and to bridge these difficult times together with the rest of the world.