Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani on US-China Competition

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Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani on US-China Competition

Kishore Mahbubani, a prolific writer, speaker and former Singaporean diplomat, believes that the western domination of the world over the la...

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Kishore Mahbubani, a prolific writer, speaker and former Singaporean diplomat, believes that the western domination of the world over the last 200 years is "aberrant" when seen in the context of the last several thousand years of human history. In his book "Has China Won", he writes that "we are also moving away from a black-and-white world". "Societies in different parts of the world, including in China and Islamic societies, are going to work toward a different balance between liberty and order, between freedom and control, between discord and harmony".

Kishore Mahbubabi

In a recent interview, Mahbubani made the following points about US-China competition:
1. The United States with about 240-year history likes to pass judgement on China which has over 2,400 year history. What makes the US think China would listen to the American advice?

2. The West is in the habit of judging everyone, including the Chinese. The Chinese have just had the best 30 years of their history. Would the Chinese listen to the American advice on "democracy" and political freedoms after they have seen what happened to Russia when the Russians decided to adopt democracy in 1990s and their economy collapsed?

3. More than 120 million Chinese tourists go to other countries freely and willingly return to China every year. Would they return freely if China was an oppressive stalinist regime? The fact is that while the political freedoms have not increased there has been an explosion of personal freedoms in China over the last 30 years.

Here's a video of Mahbubani's interview:

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Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani on US-China Competition

Kishore Mahbubani, a prolific writer, speaker and former Singaporean diplomat, believes that the western domination of the world over the la...

www.southasiainvestor.com

 

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the western domination of the world over the last 200 years is "aberrant" when seen in the context of the last several thousand years of human history. http://www.riazhaq.com/2021/08/ambassador-kishore-mahbubani-on-us.html

 

[AViet]

How historians (read: Western so-called "scientists") be able to measure (and fake) the economy of countries like Russia, Germany, England, India etc. in 1000 is beyond my imagination.

Aside from China, which is the only country in the world with systematic and scientific data clearly measured and recorded in their documents in last 2500 years, which can be used to calculate GDP (at least in terms of volume of products manufactured yearly, like rice, silver, precious metal, porcelain, silk etc., all the so-called "economies" of other countries are just politicized, racist estimates and imaginary works by Western so-called "scientists", based on vague historical books.

Even in 2021, it is still difficult to say which ones is bigger, American or Chinese economy, since it depends much on exchange rate, which didn't exist in 1000, or 1500 for sure..

Is there any census ever in India which was done by Indian before 1949? I doubt.

Is there any statistics in India before 1949 done by Indian? I doubt

Is there a state called Russia in 1000? No (The state of Russia was created by the Mongols, much like India by the British).

 

[Globenim]

How historians (read: Western so-called "scientists") be able to measure (and fake) the economy of countries like Russia, Germany, England, India etc. in 1000 is beyond my imagination.

Aside from China, which is the only country in the world with systematic and scientific data clearly measured and recorded in their documents in last 2500 years, which can be used to calculate GDP (at least in terms of volume of products manufactured yearly, like rice, silver, precious metal, porcelain, silk etc., all the so-called "economies" of other countries are just politicized, racist estimates and imaginary works by Western so-called "scientists", based on vague historical books.

Even in 2021, it is still difficult to say which ones is bigger, American or Chinese economy, since it depends much on exchange rate, which didn't exist in 1000, or 1500 for sure..

Is there any census ever in India which was done by Indian before 1949? I doubt.

Is there any statistics in India before 1949 done by Indian? I doubt

Is there a state called Russia in 1000? No (The state of Russia was created by the Mongols, much like India by the British).

They label Turkey and Iran non-Asian civilisation, apparently counting it as European, when the Greek word Asia literally referred to Anatolia and Persia which is defacto the central and eastern part of modern Turkey and Iran, while extending Spain and Germany back to AD 0 at which time they where just a bunch of tribes who only just mobbed together to fight against invading Romans.