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China has achieved near parity with the United States in the scope and scale of its power.
There is a near-universal political consensus in Washington, D.C. that the United States should act to stop the rise of China.
China has lifted 800 million of its people out of poverty.
In 2003, the United States, under President George W. Bush, ignored advice from many allied countries, including France, Germany, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, and proceeded with the invasion of Iraq.
Kishore Mahbubani argues that every war the United States engages in, particularly in the Middle East, strategically benefits China by distracting American resources and attention.
Unlike China, leaders in the United States from both the Democratic and Republican parties have failed to develop a comprehensive, long-term strategy for managing China's re-emergence as a great power.
The current geopolitical confrontation between the United States and China is unprecedented in human history in terms of the size, scale, and reach of the two powers involved.
During the tariff wars initiated by President Trump, China was the only country to stand up to the United States.
United States policy and actions against China have remained consistent across the administrations of President Trump and President Joe Biden.
Kishore Mahbubani believes that the United States' policy of trying to stop the rise of China is unwise because China's growth can no longer be stopped.
At the 1993 APEC summit, President Bill Clinton made a friendly approach to Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, which was seen as a breakthrough in US-China relations despite his harsh campaign rhetoric.
During the Cold War, the United States consistently accommodated China's positions to maintain China as a strategic counterweight against the Soviet Union.