![]() The strategic rivalry between China, the rising power, and the US, the status quo power, has been triggered by mistakes, misconceptions, and misunderstandings on both sides, according to Mahbubani. Mahbubani’s paradoxical conclusion is that “a major geopolitical contest between America and China is both inevitable and avoidable.” He fears a great and unnecessary tragedy coming from the geopolitical contest between America and China, a contest which has only been aggravated by COVID-19. And his latest book, Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy, certainly does not disappoint, even though it does not squarely answer the title’s question. Singapore’s renowned polemicist, Kishore Mahbubani, regularly provides readers with provocative insights and fascinating food for thought. Namely, that it should maintain spiritual vitality at home, cultivate friends all over the world, not insult its adversary, and be humble. ![]() Kishore Mahbubani argues the US has launched a contest with China, while ignoring the advice that geopolitical sage George Kennan gave America during the Cold War. ![]()
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