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What are China's priorities for BRICS?

Among China’s priorities for BRICS is continued expansion of the group as a way to diminish the power of its chief geopolitical rival, the United States.

Is China a BRICS coalition?

“China is keen to cast this as a coalition of the Global South against the U.S.-led West,” Yun Sun, the director of the China program at the Stimson Center in Washington, said of BRICS. “The caveat is that the bigger the coalition, the less effective its policy coordination and unity.”

Is China a powerhouse of the BRICS?

China, which championed the expansion, is seen as the unofficial powerhouse of BRICS. “Nothing happens in the BRICS that goes against the national interests of China,” said Jacob Kirkegaard, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. China and Russia are close, even though they sometimes compete for influence.

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