Has China won? A conversation with Singapore’s Kishore Mahbubani

Sinica Podcast

Kaiser Kuo

Culture, China News, Hangzhou, Chinese, International Relations, Chongqing, Beijing, Sichuan, Currentaffairs, China, Politics, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, China Economy, News, China Politics, Business, Film, Shenzhen

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In the first part of this two-part conversation, Kishore Mahbubani, a former UN ambassador of Singapore, returns to Sinica to chat with Kaiser about his latest book, Has China Won? The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy. It’s a bracing read, unsparing in its criticisms of Chinese and American strategic blunders, and its tough-love approach is sure to rankle. Part 2 will run next week.

12:46: Contrasting the geopolitical challenges posed by China and Russia

23:03: The core pillars of American strength

31:23: A financial “nuclear option” for China

45:12: The fusion of civilizations

Recommendations to follow in next week’s episode.

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0:00.0	Just a quick note to let you know that today's podcast is part one of a two-parter, and we'll be running the second half of the podcast next week.
0:18.2	Welcome to the cynical podcast, the weekly discussion of current affairs in China, produced in
0:22.5	partnership with SubChina. SubChina is simply the best way there is to keep on top of all the
0:26.9	important news coming out of China with our indispensable daily newsletter, website, and growing
0:32.1	range of podcasts and videos. It's a feast of business, political, and cultural news about a nation that is reshaping
0:39.3	the world. I'm Kaiser Guo coming to you today from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jeremy is
0:44.7	unfortunately unable to join today. It turns out that the safe house where he's staying, which is
0:48.8	operated by the Middle Tennessee Patriots and Armed People's Militia in which Jeremy holds the rank
0:53.5	of colonel, doesn't have good internet. And besides, he's back from the latest protests where his group is
0:59.2	pushing for full immediate reopening and for immediate preemptive elimination of all the old
1:03.9	and infirm. So Colonel Goldcorn is tired. But Jeremy, I salute you in your militia's mission
1:10.3	to restore freedom, whatever the cost.
1:13.6	Today on Seneca, we are delighted to welcome back to the program, Ambassador Kishore Mabubani,
1:18.4	Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, or NUS.
1:24.4	Kishore is a long-serving diplomat for Singapore, where he served as UN ambassador for many years.
1:29.3	Professor Mabubani is a noted scholar and author of many books, the most recent of which is titled, Has China Won?
1:36.5	The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy, and that will be the subject of our conversation today.
1:41.8	Professor Mabubani, Kishore, if we may, welcome back
1:44.3	to Sinica. Happy to join you. Great. Kishore, you have written a book that I suspect is going to be
1:50.5	hard for a lot of Americans to read because it is pretty unsparing in how it treats certain
1:56.2	myths and cherished beliefs that Americans have about themselves and about their role in the world.
2:01.2	And while it is very critical of China as well, I do think it is, it also gives Beijing a lot of
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