[JIN DING/CHINA DAILY]
The COVID-19 pandemic had already dealt a massive blow to the world economy when the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out. The conflict and the sanctions major developed economies announced against Russia in response have resulted in food, energy and refugee crises, dealing yet another powerful blow to the global economy apart from heightening the tensions between Russia and the West.
The energy and food crises have affected many countries across the world, especially developing countries, which depend heavily on food and energy imports. To deal with such serious global problems, countries need to work together.
In fact, they had done so after the 2008 global financial crisis broke out. But today, instead of joining hands to overcome the multiple crises, the United States and some other Western economies, caught in the vortex of anti-globalization, have abandoned their…
