Xi Jinping is currently running an absolute masterclass in geopolitical mogging. On Friday, the Chinese leader is hosting Bangladesh’s new Prime Minister, Tarique Rahman, which is just the latest state visit in a year that has seen at least 17 world leaders roll through Beijing. Xi's goal is simple: shift the global balance of power away from the West and establish a multipolar world order where Uncle Sam doesn't get to write the rules anymore. And honestly? The global elites are lining up to kiss the ring.

Let’s look at the guest list, because it is a wild crossover episode. We’ve got Keir Starmer from the UK, Vladimir Putin from Russia, and even US President Donald Trump doing a pomp-filled state visit. But Beijing isn’t just hosting the major powers; they are actively courting authoritarian regimes and Global South leaders. Less than two weeks ago, Xi rolled out the actual red carpet for Myanmar’s military chief-turned-president, Min Aung Hlaing.

Now, the mainstream media and UN experts are absolutely coping over this, crying about "war crimes" and "genocide" from Min Aung Hlaing’s 2021 coup and his sham election six months ago. But Beijing simply does not care about Western virtue signaling. Xi signaled his "firm support" for the regime and doubled down on China’s "principle of non-interference." It is peak pragmatism. As Ja Ian Chong, a professor at the National University of Singapore, pointed out, this visit was a massive win for the general because it signaled China’s total acceptance of his military rule.

This "non-interference" doctrine is the ultimate middle finger to Western globalist intervention. Steve Tsang, director of the SOAS China Institute, noted that Xi’s big-brain play is reshaping the international order so that "no country has a right to tell others how to manage their own domestic affairs." In other words: mind your own business, stop lecturing other nations, and let’s just do trade. For countries tired of getting nagged by Washington bureaucrats, this is an incredibly attractive offer.

And it’s not just autocrats who are buying in. Western "middle-power" leaders are completely fumbling and looking to chart an "independent" path with Beijing because they realize the US is acting completely capricious and unreliable. Even Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney hopped on a plane to Beijing back in January to secure his own deal. When America’s closest neighbors are looking to China because they think the US is retreating from the world stage, you know the unipolar moment is officially over.