Twoeventsthatoccurredwithinaweekofeachotherlastmonthcouldhavehistoricsignificance.BRICS,thegroupingofthemajoremergingeconomiesofBrazil,Russia,India,ChinaandSouthAfrica,agreedonAug24toinvitesixadditionalcountriestojointhegroupfromJan1.Then,onAug29,ChinesetechgiantHuaweilauncheditsnewMate60Prosmartphone,whichcomeswiththecompany’sself-developedchipset,5Gconnectivityandsatellitecallsupport.Bothdevelopmentsmayseemunrelatedbut,whenviewedasone,theymarkaturningpointintheevo-lutionofanewworldorder.TheexpandedBRICSwillrepre-sentmorethan40percentoftheworld’spopulation,25percentoftheglobalgrossdomesticproduct,andone-thirdoftheplanet’seconomicgrowth.Itwillhavethewo...