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China Versus the US: Kishore Mahbubani on a Zero-Sum Rivalry | The Mishal Husain Show
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Kishore Mahbubani
(Singaporean Diplomat and Academic, guest)
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The current geopolitical contest between the United States and China is historically unprecedented, with China having achieved near-parity in power, making US efforts to halt its rise unwise and likely futile.
There is a strong bipartisan consensus in Washington to contain China, but this policy is a strategic miscalculation; the US should instead focus on domestic renewal, particularly improving the standard of living for its lower-income population.
US military engagements, especially in the Middle East, have historically served as strategic distractions that inadvertently create space for China's peaceful economic and geopolitical growth.
The speaker, drawing on his experience as a Singaporean diplomat, emphasizes that China is a distinct civilization with a long-term strategic outlook, which the West often misunderstands by applying its own political and cultural lenses.
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