New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- The BRICS summit in New Delhi comes against a backdrop of growing pressure on the global economy, with the US-Iran war and Russia's conflict with Ukraine among other things.

Amid all this, BRICS cooperation can help countries in the Global South move beyond simply managing supply-chain disruptions and build more resilient, self-reliant economies.

Published in China Daily, an editorial argues that growing geopolitical tensions and protectionism are exposing developing economies to repeated economic shocks. Against this backdrop, it presents the expanding BRICS grouping as a platform that can strengthen not only supply-chain security but also what it calls "development-chain resilience".

The Chinese editorial highl...