Geostrategist Kishore Mahbubani on China’s Economic Power
“The only thing that is clear is that the American century is over. The biggest problem for the USA is that, unlike China, they do not follow a long-term geopolitical strategy. Three strategic questions arise: Will it be possible to break the power of the Communist Party, as was achieved in the Soviet Union? No, the party is too powerful. Will it be possible to isolate China? No, that will not work, no economy is as closely intertwined with the global economy as the People’s Republic. Will it be possible to stop Chinese growth? That too is impossible.”
– Kishore Mahbubani (Political scientist, diplomat and one of the most distinguished geostrategists in Asia) in “China is intertwined with the global economy – and wants to stay that way – (…) about the West’s misunderstanding of China, Beijing’s annoyance about Russia’s war in Ukraine – and the myth of the end of globalization”, Handelsblatt from 14. – 16. October 2022, page 50, No. 199