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The ‘Bandung spirit’ lives on in the new multipolar world
China’s huge growth and trade success have driven the expansion of the Brics alliance — now is a good time for the global South to rediscover 1955’s historic Bandung conference, and learn its lessons, writes ROGER McKENZIE
A plenary session during the Bandung Conference, 1955
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THIS year is the 70th anniversary of the historic Bandung conference, a landmark moment for the global majority.
It was the first-ever summit-level meeting of independence leaders from Africa and Asia and is a beacon for the new mood of determination to break the largely “flag independence” that followed the end of colonialism.
Bandung provides important lessons for the global majority on how to meet the challenges of creating a new multilateral world.
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