Du Zhiyuan

PhD candidate, East China Normal University

Du Zhiyuan is a PhD candidate with the School of Advanced International and Area Studies at East China Normal University, and a research associate at the Decision-Making Consultation Research Base of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. His main research areas are South Asian diplomacy, Indo-Pacific relations, international relations theory, and the global value chain.

G7 leaders attend a working session during the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain, 12 June 2021. (Leon Neal/Pool via Reuters)
Politics

D10 group of democracies: A stronger alliance to contain China?

By Du Zhiyuan 29 Jun 2021
Chinese PhD candidate Du Zhiyuan notes that the recent G7 summit in the UK involving G7 members and guests was in fact a gathering of a “D10” club of democratic partners, along the lines proposed by British PM Boris Johnson. And the D10, in turn, could ultimately lead to a trans-Atlantic/Indo-Pacific alliance better fit to contain China.