Thank you to Al Jazeera English and The Bottom Line with Steve Clemons for this interview, “Is it too late for the US to contain China?” Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCJzCAQ-Ue4 – please go and watch the whole interview and support the original creator.
Steve Clemons asks Kishore Mahbubani, Singapore’s former ambassador to the United Nations, a hard question: is it too late for America to stop China? Then he pushes harder: what could China get wrong? Kishore admits China makes mistakes. But then he turns the question around. More than 140 countries joined the Belt and Road even after America warned them. Are they all stupid? He shares what Henry Kissinger told him about America’s missing long-term plan, shows how China-ASEAN trade grew from about 40 billion to 800 billion dollars, and answers Anne Applebaum’s “democracies vs autocracies” idea with two giant democracies: India and Indonesia. His last warning: America is playing checkers, not chess.
Topics covered:
• What could China get wrong?
• “Are they stupid?” Why 140+ countries joined the Belt and Road
• Kissinger: America has no long-term China plan
• ASEAN trade: 40 billion to 800 billion dollars
• Democracies vs autocracies: India and Indonesia
• Chess, not checkers
Who is right, Kishore or Steve Clemons? Can America still stop China’s rise? Tell us in the comments, and subscribe for more clashes like this.
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