China's vision for BRICS: What does "pioneers of the times" mean?

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  Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.

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  This is The Point.

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  The pioneering BRICS.

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  During the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India on the 12th of September,

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  Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered an important address, urging BRICS countries to become pioneers of the times.

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  He mentioned four specific areas, namely innovation, security, culture and governance.

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  Some say it's a tall order.

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  But others call it a coming-of-age moment for the grouping

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  that represents half the world's population and contributes more to global growth than the G7.

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  So what exactly is China's vision for BRICS and the wider global south?

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  What are the economic and geopolitical implications of it?

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  And what could it mean for you?

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  Welcome to this special edition of The Point, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing with me, Li Xin.

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  To unpack all this from Nanning, southwest China, is John Pang,

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  member of the International Advisory Board at the Center for ASEAN Regionalism of University Malaya.

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  From Washington, D.C., Sourabh Gupta,

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  Senior Asia-Pacific International Relations Policy Specialist at the Institute for China-America Studies.

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  And from Beijing, Zhang Xiaoyu, Associate Professor.

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  At the academy of international and regional communication studies at communication university of china the warmest

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  welcome to all of you so let's refresh our memories in his address to the 18th brick summit

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