Not only are the US and the EU expanding their global influence, the People’s Republic of China has created its own masterplan with the initiative “New Silk Road”. The vision: increasing prosperity with unlimited trade and new infrastructures – a win-win situation for all countries involved, states the Chinese government. China is already one of the largest donors for countries of the Global South. Can the super power offer an alternative to the present, extremely unfair and climate-damaging practice of the dominant powers?