In January, the same month the United States announced its withdrawal from 66 multilateral organizations, China  hosted leaders from Canada, Finland and Britain. "The international order is under great strain," Chinese leader Xi Jinping told British Prime Minister Keir Starmer , calling for efforts to "build an equal and orderly multipolar world," as the two met in Beijing on January 29. The message is not new in China's diplomatic rhetoric but has become more pronounced amid US disengagement