Interviews
No question the Biden administration has to appear ‘very tough’ on China, former Singapore diplomat says | CNBC
SINGAPORE — The Biden administration will likely maintain tough rhetoric against China, a former Singapore diplomat said Wednesday. But it remains to be seen if the administration would listen to other countries in the region before implementing its policies towards...
Kishore Mahbubani: Biden should appear ‘tough & fierce’ on China, but cooperate ‘below the radar’ | Mothership
To do that, Biden would require a certain degree of political dexterity, Mahbubani said. Kishore Mahbubani is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He was the dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public...
U.S. imbalance casts shadow over global cooperation | CGTN
"You can't blame Trump alone. Over 74 million people voted for him. Why?" This is the question...
HK people must understand they’ve become a pawn: Mahbubani – Global Times
Editor's Note: Why have the US and China, the world's two biggest powers, increasingly turned hostile against each other? How should Hong Kong affairs be understood in the context of China-US rivalry? The US and other Western countries are in deep internal crisis. Is...
How Dangerous Is China? – Die Zeit
How Dangerous Is China? Is it time for the West to withdraw from China? With Beijing flexing its muscles, media exec Mathias Döpfner and diplomat Kishore Mahbubani debate the right way forward. THE DEBATE It is one of the major questions of our times:...
4 more years of Trump may accelerate China’s rise, says former UN Security Council president – Fortune Magazine
Relations between the U.S. and China are at their lowest point in decades. The two countries are trading...
Kishore Mahbubani Sees American Hypocrisy and Decline – The Wire China
In lectures, television appearances, and books like The Great Convergence, Kishore Mahbubani has attempted to explain the rise of Asia, and the new challenges and opportunities it affords. He has also described what he views as the decline of America, a country that...
Kishore Mahbubani: COVID-19 ‘enhanced China’s position in the world order’ – Deutsche Welle
The massive global health crisis caused by the novel coronavirus over the past few months has enhanced the geopolitical contest between the US and China, said the distinguished Singaporean diplomat and academic. The world economy came to a screeching halt in 2020...
The Coronavirus, a catalyst for the Sino-American rivalry – La Croix
While Donald Trump plays the Chinese threat card to re-mobilize his electorate, Beijing is stepping up propaganda operations to make people forget the origin of the virus and heal its image in the world Nothing is going well between the United States and China. In...
There Are Better Ways To Deal with Asia and China – Der Spiegel
DER SPIEGEL: Professor Mahbubani, is the “Asian Century” going to end before it ever really got going? Mahbubani: Because of the coronavirus? No, the road to the Asian Century was always going to be a bumpy one. In 1997, even before this century began, we went through...