Geopolitical Economy Report

Why the world prefers China over the USA

September 2, 2026·39 min
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Poll after poll shows that the world increasingly prefers China over the United States. So why are people in so many countries, especially the youth, "Chinamaxxing"? Ben Norton explains how China has developed a new political, economic, and technological model; promoted a non-interventionist foreign policy, which supports the sovereignty of the Global South; and built a socialist market economy, which offers an alternative to the neoliberal capitalism imposed by the West. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYgRMgKtup0 Topics 0:00 Polls show China more popular than USA 0:54 Global South prefers China 2:31 Global South tired of US interventions 4:21 Even Europe now prefers China 5:41 Younger people prefer China 6:17 Why China is more popular 6:47 Multipolarity vs US-led unipolarity 7:11 Media propaganda on "Chinamaxxing" 8:12 Media attacks Hasan Piker 9:06 Why are people "Chinamaxxing"? 9:35 War on Iran 10:36 US empire's war on international law 12:23 China's alternative vision for world 12:57 US vs China: imperialism vs multipolarity 13:31 (CLIP) Marco Rubio praises colonialism 15:11 (CLIP) Wang Yi promotes multilateralism 16:26 Foreign policy: China vs USA 17:32 Why young people like China 19:27 US political-economic system in crisis 20:17 Increasing interest in socialism 22:10 China's poverty reduction 24:36 Alternative to neoliberal capitalism 26:09 China's socialist market economy 27:37 Public ownership in China 28:40 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) 29:15 Perspective on socialism: USA vs China 31:13 Capitalist propaganda 32:27 China's peaceful alternative 33:03 China's technological progress 34:45 Global Governance Initiative 37:08 Growth of new multipolar world order 38:19 Why China is increasingly popular 39:11 Outro

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