Kishore Mahbubani - How Asia is rapidly overtaking The West - De Balie Invites

[@asadalisheikh110]

The best intellectual discourse that I heard during suffering of Corona was Mr. Kishore Mehbubani. He is a gem of a person. Wish he was President or PM of India. In that case India could see new ray of hope.

[@2sridhark]

West prospered due to colonial rule. It did not share the prosperity willingly but it happened nevertheless. West's decline is inevitable when the 2 giants China and India have started to forge ahead, former much faster than the latter.

[@Shawn-jg2ul]

Everybody knows India is not qualified at this stage to be a giant. India is far behind China. It is appropriate if India be comparable to Bangladesh or Pakistan or Iran. First India must be able to provide a toilet to her own citizen before try to match with China, Matching India with China is akin like matching a dirty beggar to a rich tycoon. It is disgusting to draw such a match

[@skychaos87]

I cannot agree more. As Lee Kuan Yew once said, democracy is the result of prosperity, not the cause of it. It also matches the Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory. So how exactly did the west prosper? I cannot help but think its due to its colonial expeditions, reaping resources from all over the world. Despite all that resources, it still took America 100 years to abolish slavery, 150 years before women could vote and 200 years before black people could vote. Its laughable how the west continue to preach democracy all over the world even if it means (undemocratically)invading other countries and changing the regime. Over 50% of the democratic countries in the world today remain poor and 3rd world, democracy does not guarantee progression or prosperity as mentioned already. More often than not when basic needs are not secured, democracy crumbles and degrade into populism or get hijacked by plutocracy. America is a perfect example of a failing democracy today. That is because China and India's rise sees the reduced western influence in the Asia region where the west cannot continue its hegemony. It managed to force Japan to its heels with its trade war against it back in 1980s and its trying to do the same to China today. But China is way stronger and is more resilient given its 5000 years of culture and civilization. Its likely the west won't succeed in blocking Asia's growth.

[@संदिपमांडे-य1य]

@@Shawn-jg2ul you seem to be full of yourself... Why don't you stop your shit first bdw get lost

[@kayem3824]

@@Shawn-jg2ul Here in the face of an intelligent Indian comment you answer with rudeness. It's not necessary. Hopefully both China and India will improve in their own ways.

[@stevewong8343]

@@kayem3824 The truth hurts.

[@WaleedHiggins]

I'm sure West Africa is very grateful to the West for centuries of slavery, colonialism and neocolonialism. How lucky India was to live under benign British rule for so long. There must have been millions of Chinese opium addicts who were very grateful to the West for the endless supply of opiates. I'm sure the native Americans would thank you if you could for all of the many gifts Europeans transported across the ocean. Unfortunately, they are mostly extinct. And how grateful the world is as it enters a sixth mass extinction event for human-induced global warming and the threat of World War III. Thank you, West for "sharing your gifts with the rest"!

[@fannybirot2362]

😅😅😅😭😭😭😭😭

[@KayyHong]

Kishore never mentioned any of the historical facts you raised. Why? I wonder.

[@PhiloSurfer]

@@KayyHong For you and Waleed Higgins - I think the reason is that he has to butter up the west before he slammed them. Being the diplomat that he is, he smoothen their feathers first before telling them what they did wrong and how ignorant they are about the rest of the world. He presents his talks and his books as a gift to the west from a friend, but if you read between the lines (and sometimes directly from the lines), he is highly critical of the west's hypocrisy, ignorance, double standards, domineering.

[@nancytay648]

WEST MADE THEM POOR TILL 2DAY, NOT 🇨🇳 🇲🇴 🇭🇰 TOO MUCH TYRANNIES N SUPPRESSIONS,,,,,,,,

[@tuesdae666]

@@KayyHong he didn't want the conversation to turn ugly.

[@pardeeptandon3023]

India and China have been neighbours for 5000 years and during this period they have had only one major war, and that too was a Western legacy of border dispute. While European neighbours have fought a war with each other virtually every decade during this period.

[@petagonkyi]

Big Fat lies. India and China became neighbour since 1950 Chinese invasion and occupation of Tibet. Otherwise why India has a paramilitary force called Indo-Tibetan Border Police?

[@fooksengloke3625]

Peta Gonkyi That is a lie. Tibet was a part of China since the days of Kublai Khan, before England before an imperialist power. And why Tibet became a part of China? For self preservation in a civil struggle between clans in Tibet, the Dalai Lama, then, sought protection from China eventually asked to be absorbed. The lamas were an influential power in China since the Yuan Dynasty, less so during the Ming Dynasty and throughout the Qing Dynasty with different clans within Tibet taking the dominant role due to internal power struggle. When Qing China ceded power to the Republicans in 1911, it was for all of Qing China, including the whole of Tibet. Although Tibet tried to claim independence after the Qing Dynasty under whatever clan in power at the moment, this was not recognized by any foreign country although Britain tried to make a treaty with this self-proclaimed Tibetan state without the support of Republican China. Britain, and all major western countries, Inc using Britain and the US, have at one time or other since 2008 have accepted Tibet as part of China. Even the Dalai Lama accepted that Tibet is part of China politically and he is only the religious leader. I don’t see any country other than India claiming that South Tibet is a part of India, including Jawaharlal Nehru.

[@PomegranateChocolate]

Tibet was invaded alright. By India. In 1951, four years after the Raj has already left, India invaded and annexed South Tibet including Tawang and occupy it to this day. Tawang is the birthplace of the Sixth Dalai Lama and home to a four hundred years old Tibetan monastery. In 1987 India renamed South Tibet to the so called Arunachal Pradesh. In 2009 South Tibet is officially recognized by the United Nation as a disputed territory.This map, published by the National Geographic in 1912, clearly shows that Tawang was part of China.www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:x633f939c

[@noneoyb8902]

I quickly found 2 wars between them in the past 200 yrs. More importantly, who cares? Even if China was never at war with India all that time, China WAS constantly at war. Clans fighting clans for dominance, being invaded and doing the invading. You don't think the Great Wall was built and re-built just for fun, do you? China had a civil war from 1850-1864 that killed 25 million to 100 million people. Your portrayal of China as a peaceful country is so pathetic it is laughable. So I laugh at you!!!

[@nayanmalig]

British were short of manpower & used Indian soldiers to wage war on China killing thousands of Chinese peasants. Indians were also used as slave labor in British plantations all over the. India was not a nation before Brits - they were war mongering clans always killing each other. That's why Muslims & British found it so easy to divide & conquer India with such few numbers. Even Buddhism was wiped out in India & it was Chinese who preserved Buddhism in translated manuscripts & had thousands of temples. Everybody thought Buddhism originated in China because of that. It was British archaeologists who unearthed Buddhist sites in India & proved Buddhism originated in India & Nepal. All the Buddhist sites in India were covered by Hindu shrines. India has done nothing compared to what China has done for humankind.

[@hohohohoho262]

Dr Mahbubani never disappoints us

[@Andy-P]

He doesn't disappoint the CCP. Five years more unlikely China over take the west

[@vancloudguy]

Kishore is preaching teaching North Africa how to fish. But his challenger is not getting it. The learning curve for his audience is still a deep curve.

[@uusy-h7m]

Scince ancient times, Chinese had a creed that the government should accountable for the people, the creed is formed from Confucianism, not from west. Today, the CCP is gradually transforming into a traditional Chinese government with unified political power but without emperor. But I totally understand why mr mahbubani said those to western audiences.

[@thisiskevin1000]

Social accountability

[@andtam008]

中国制度還是很脆弱。舉例，薄熙來差点成为太子，怎樣才可以防止？薄熙來唱紅打黑时，巳覺此人很有问题，但他仍在重慶繼續掌权，還巳經替兒子薄波波在媒体造神，直至殺人事件才東窗事發，實在太恐怖。若给他掌权怎麼辦？

[@uusy-h7m]

昨天老布什的医生街上骑车忽然被枪杀了，请你评论一下，并密切关注事态，看看有没有下文。另外希拉里竞选时死的十几个人怎么也没下文？就好像没发生一样。美国制度确实稳当，不得不承认，洗脑洗的好，比共党强多了。

[@nayanmalig]

Well said

[@Ray89135]

Use past tense "since ancient times, Chinese "HAD"". Ancient times is in the past. "HAD" is past tense.

[@benwong4648]

Alternate ideas. War deaths declined because the West stopped killing each other and their colonial slaves. Majority of war deaths was WWI , WWII , Korean, Vietnam and the overthrow of colonial rule. Now the deaths are mostly innocents from US bombs. World poverty has dropped because China had lifted over 700 million people out of poverty not because of the west. The knowledge of the west was based on Eastern and Middle East foyndations. The west used this knowledge and developed WMDs in all their wars. There are many more alternate conclusions of the west's impact on humanity. Kishore has written his book through rose colored glasses.

[@leonwoolf8984]

The US has a practice of not allowing US companies being too big to fall. For others it's too big to be allowed to succeed.

[@adithyavasudevan4036]

China and India do not belong in the same sentence. China is a whole generation ahead. India is struggling with structural issues holding back growth and human development.

[@WaveRider1989]

maybe india needs one party meritocracy government to fix all problems.

[@candycatlara536]

He is absolutely right about China.

[@lourdesmontenegro395]

Very high quality con ersation from De Balie! Dutch professor had nuanced and pragmatic responses to Prof. Mahbubani. It feels like a dialogue and both sides listening to each other. Kudos to debalie! Well done!

[@asadalisheikh110]

Very right advice. If Europe doesn't help Africa and contain Africans within the subcontinent, Europe too won't be in peace 50-100 years down the road. But if African continent rises, it may give greater economic and moral power to Europe.

[@stephenlock7236]

But helping other societies, more so those of the non Anglo Saxon creed, has never been of their phyche or of their values. Their failure to do so, when they have every opportunity to do it, is evidence of that. Gaslighting the poor and the under developed sounds more familiar for the past 500 or so years.

[@jinxiangyu9249]

Accountability is already known in China for more than thousands of years !

[@mwmanwei]

Great speech as usual from Mr. Kishore Mahbubani. The biggest problem with EU is due to a lot of internal (mostly financial) and external (mostly security and refugee) issues, they can not come to a consensus on almost about anything. Every goverment of EU is more about themselves first, then EU. If such mindset can not change, I have a very dim view about how EU will continue in the future, let alone to be functional in geopolitics matters.

[@Mycatsbirthdayparty]

Fun fact: All of modern day holland was once physically conquered by Asiatic Huns led by Attila around the year 450

[@ThePaulchong33]

As in the Grand Prix, when your engine stalled, your competitors will race past you.

[@qisiangng1611]

Accountability to the people is in fact espoused by many non-Western civilisations too. China's mandate of heaven and the Islamic caliph's legitimacy during the early Islamic empire are also based on popular accountability. Moreover, much of the poor governance and kleptocracy in the non-West were arguably inherited from colonial power structures based on authoritarianism, exploitation and discrimination.

[@DurenKopyor]

correction, dude. the Islamic caliph's doesn't and didn't have Accountability. read the qoran.

[@samreenfatima2551]

@@DurenKopyor Islamic Caliphs were actually based on accountability for everyone at every level. You haven't read Quran. Stop misleading.

[@DurenKopyor]

show me the verses in qoran.

[@samreenfatima2551]

@@DurenKopyor There are many : O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allah, even if it be against yourselves or parents and relatives. Whether one is rich or poor, Allah is more worthy of both. So follow not [personal] inclination, lest you not be just. And if you distort [your testimony] or refuse [to give it], then indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted. (Surah An-Nisa 4:135) In the Holy Qur'an, the word hisaab is repeated more than eight times in different verses hisaab or 'account' is the root of accounting, and the references in the Holy Qur'an are to 'account' in its generic sense, relating to one's responsibility to 'account' to God on all matters relating to human effort for which every Muslim is 'accountable'. It does not matter what action the Muslims do either ibadah (solah) or purchasing shares in the stock market, eating , sleeping like daily jobs they must follow the Islamic teaching framework carefully. The importance of accountability to the man’s life also has been mentioned by Holy Quran: “…Lo the hearing and the sight and the heart - of each of these will be asked” (Quran, Bani Israil, 17:36) Abdullah reported that Allah’s Messenger Muhammad SWT said: Every one of you is a guardian and accountable (mas’ul) for his charge. Thus the Khalifa is a custodian of the people and He is responsible for them. And a man is a guardian of his household and he is accountable for them; and a woman is in charge of the household and her children and she is accountable for them; and a servant is guardian of his master’s property, every one of you is accountable for his subjects (Bukhari)

[@rmahend-9627]

This Western professor builds an enormous thick wall around himself... ✌️😄

[@yurigansmith]

They talked so much about Japan and how it failed shortly before surpassing the US, and whether this might be an analogy to China's future development or not, but did not mention the Plaza Accord, which wasn't an event that emerged out of the *instrinsic* economic conditions of both Japan and the US, but was basically a tool used by the US to *coerce* Japan into failure, and the reason why this tool could be applied in the first place was the geopolitical power that the US had over Japan. Of course people in the West tend to overlook or downplay this fact and want to see the reason for Japan's failure in economic and/or cultural aspects, but not in the ruthlessness of the US when it comes to peer competitors and how to keep them down by virtually any means. I think also because of this habit of white washing and maintaining comfortable blind spots not a few Westerners (even those with academic background) are not able to assess the current situation realistically. Just as a side note: China is neither a US vassal nor a Western client state, it can't be forced to sell off its tech industry, handover crucial patents or appreciate its currency in order to strangulate its own exports. And as Mr. Kishore Mahbubani already mentioned, China has a population four times greater than the US, whereas the Japanese population is only one third of it. And last but not least: The US is in a very different internal state compared to the 1980s.

[@dippingdots8457]

Thank you I've been saying the same thing for years

[@lynnwandering581]

Yes, US have always been ruthless, and still they can sustain the moral high ground, that is the biggest puzzle.

[@sofiansofian9932]

从这里看出美帝是不可以别人超过他的，那來的民主，吥，，，，

[@asadalisheikh110]

Europe and America can continue to ensure order in the world and work on international agendas instead of parochial ones and insisting on their control in the world affairs. The world population, it's development, environmental issues, and how we need to leave this world for our next generation should be the agenda. We are not all that matters to the world for ever.

[@sunnycriti9809]

It was unavoidable that China and India would rise. A great miracle to me is the rise of Singapore. Indonesia is also coming. I hope that China behaves with responsibility. A multilateral world is the best for humanity

[@stephenlock7236]

In the period of its rise, where has China not acted with responsibility?

[@linjinjun5685]

The host is shock by what Kishore talked about

[@The667251]

Deng's quote: "Black or white, as long as it can catch mouse, it's a good cat." "Show me the results or you are fired". Hint: "I don't care about graft or corruption, as long as you can show me results." "Making money" is in the blood of Chinese. "If you allow me to make money, I don't hesitate to bribe, to corrupt you." Chinese way to prosperous. Also see how Chinese get rich in SE Asian nations.

[@laihenfoo6237]

The west chose not to listen, see & taste kishore. Maybe they don't like the truth or racist.

[@vancloudguy]

Paul Schaeffer read the book. He read the book only. He is fixated with his ideology. He has lost it.

[@itsquitntimeisrael6519]

Hopeless.

[@vinhqngouoc]

I'm hoping the whole world will advance for the better. Not just the East

[@renelichtman4183]

Excellent!

[@truezyf]

Mahbubani give too much credit to west culture at first. surely West advanced much in 1900, but they didn't SHARE their tech intentionally, this is just human nature. In 10th century, china and india didn't spread their tech and philosophy neither. i m thankful to west knowledge, but i don't think west is saint.

[@truezyf]

@lappelap tamalate chinese basic education is far better than USA. never spend a cent? LOL

[@itsquitntimeisrael6519]

Muhbubani is a DIPLOMAT ~ ~ >. DIPLOMACY. He said VERY CLEARLY that you cannot get anyone to LISTEN when you PUBLICLY criticize & embarrass them. What if YOU are PUBLICLY confronted, criticized & embarrassed & DRESSED DOWN. .others on the panel could take a lesson from Mr. Muhbubani on how toRESPECT others in discourse, ESPECIALLY PUBLICLY. The day is gone to PUBLICLY humiliate disgrace abuse dog others & it be forgiven and forgotten.

[@paulchen2224]

nobody disputed about China wealth and was certainly the no. one at that time during the Qing Dynasty. But when she lost the Opium Wars, she was. subjected to a no of unequal treaties and many foreign countries carted away tons of silver from her palace, thereby causing China to be weak

[@twilight6460]

Jayant Bhandari an Indian himself said : India will eventually disintegrate into many smaller countries

[@Myanmartiger921]

Americau akbar and chill

[@Purpleeyesify]

I dont believe that lots of Americans dont have emergency cash of $5,000. It is not possible!

[@henryng9406]

Not $5,000. it's $500 I'm guessing it's because Meth cost a lot. Most Americans are spending $ on drugs.

[@dandankokorohikareteku2620]

Good talk by Sir Kishore Mahbubani 👍😸

[@Arturo-lu4in]

What an honor to have discovered this philosopher! I knew that America has become evil. I will eventually leave America as well as my relatives. The question is - where?

[@spadeysay6846]

44.20. De Balie posted a direct question of " don't worry about that because the chinese will behave" in the context of China possibly becoming the first world power. Western arrogance is so predictable. The implication of that statement is that China has not been "behaving" or will not "behave" when it become the no.1 world power. In what way has China not "behaved" or will not "behave" in the future?. This westerners' imposition of its bias, prejudice and self anointed universal values on the rest of the world is not just annoying, but a clear reflection of its hubris and arrogance. By any measure China has certainly been "behaving" so much better than the west or the US. Who are the most prolific war mongering countries? Who are the most prolific interferer in the sovereign affairs of other countries? Who are the most prolific imposter of illegal and cross national damaging economic, financial, political sanctions on other countries; just to list a few. Is it China?

[@mohdfahmi8841]

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[@sportsonwheelss]

Mahbubani's statement about Modi and Xi have good relation and understanding doesn't seem to age too well. India is straddling both side between BRICS and G7 will not end well for India.

[@twilight6460]

Jayant Bhandari an Indian himself said : India will eventually disintegrate into many smaller countries

[@walterchin8832]

Kishore said government workers don't make money. I disagree. I say American politicians make money.

[@Grey-Elder]

I grew up in Singapore 🇸🇬 as a child and lived at 73 Medway Drive, Serangoon Gdns. Maybe we both went to the same school ✏️ together. My father was an officer in the British 🇬🇧 Royal Navy. When we left Singapore and headed back to Britain, it was not long before I decided to travel the world and learn first-hand what was going on with the world. That was travelling for 35 years non-stop. I am attempting to write a book, that is about my life in Singapore where my father was held hostage by the Chinese PLA on the Yangtze River for 3 months. It was later called “The Yangtze Incident “. I would like you to write a preface that is when I'm complete with the book.

[@renelichtman4183]

We should listen carefully...

[@yingzhang7637]

Kishore, there are two fronts you need to advocate, 1. Asia to the West 2. You to Asia, to be enlightened by continuing learning great treasure of Western Civilization and transform as a race.

[@scy9272]

The West, by colonising and occupying countries around the world, interrupted the natural evolution and development of the rest of the world. Therefore, the rest of the world, for a while, suffered from a conflict of identity. No one knows how the world will have developed without the plunder and genocide committed by the West. India, in my opinion, is one country which to this day illustrates a conflict of identity. There was a great interruption, disruption to the natural development of the rest of the world. The time for retribution is a long time over due.

[@tientlam1589]

Much respect to Mr. Kishore Mahbubani 🌹🌟🌹and appreciated his unbiased opinions as well as vast knowledge about world politics and economy..Thank you and look forward to read your books when times permit..🤝💐👏..Looking forwards for more of your talks and love to speak to you in person regarding to your analogy of a mouse is growing to be as big as an elephant..How do we solve the problem since we are all in the same space with these creatures👌😉..To my limited knowledge of natures, elephants are actually as peaceful as pandas..However, due to their sizes and strengths, they are often being abused and slaughtered for their valuable tusks whereas pandas are adorable and they are helplessly creatures that made them less being abused as the poor elephants..Agreed with you on many aspects about the West especially US..Quite interesting in facts..😉😊..Thanks again Mr. Kishore Mahbubani..Hope your talks would help others who are "pretending sleeping and refused to wake up" although the fragrance of mornings coffee are awfully strong spreading out to the surroundings neighbors steadily..🕊🌻🌸🌻🕊..

[@himanshut114]

centre person is looking at english professor to beat down Kishore Madhubani ...... but he is dissapoint 8/10 times . and Kishore Madhubani is a gem😍😍😍🥰😃😃

[@mousumighosh8350]

Key Takeaway : A Happier America is good for the World.

[@singularityagi5562]

This is so true after 5 years!!

[@woodensurfer]

The West's in particular the USA's foible is Judaeo-Christian religiosity--headlong support for Israel.

[@jianpoxon102]

DR KISHORE, JUST LOVED WHAT YOU SAID HERE.

[@SpiritsBB]

I'm pretty sure he hasn't read Confucius before making the speech - either that or he's playing to western audience, Indian audience & Chinese audience at the same time.

[@BlessAllKC]

You are probably wrong. Kishore Mahbubani's major at University is philosophy. After he finished his B.A. in Singapore , he completed his master degree in Canada. Singapore is a country that observes Confucian values.

[@NoohCee]

He is a diplomat. He is very well learned. He knows. He is doing what a diplomat does best.

[@charleslunleung5715]

It's the EASTERN Wisdom (mix Indo Origin born in a Chinese Cultural Environment - two long Established Eastern Civilisations.

[@gyaltsenwangchuk7669]

One of arguments that Mahbhuni forwards the West always misunderstood China whose civilization is much superior. Therefore Chinese have moral right to demand obedience from West.This is only right thing to do as if there was not any dark spots in Chinese supposed 5000 years civilization.

[@asadalisheikh110]

Very pertinent comment about Arab elite.

[@natbirchall1580]

I'm originally from Europe and I currently live in Asia and the societies are terrible over here no depth and width extremely shallow and narrow.

[@CC-dx6bc]

Yes we are inferior

[@natbirchall1580]

@@CC-dx6bc this is what I mean never a real argument or dicussion alway taking the easy way out

[@henryng9406]

Oh what's wrong? Can't compete with the Chinese? They're too smart/too hard working for you? Too shallow/no depth? What, they don't have reality TV? No gangster rap music for you? Maybe you should consider moving to the US. You'll have a cushy life, plenty of degenerates for your liking. 👎👎👎🖕🖕🖕👊👊👊

[@Adam50457]

Kishore...A "Thinker" open to all comments and is willing to reason and debate at all fronts

[@josephlau9585]

Well said medieval man. The world would be a much better place if the west (especially USA) learn, understand and respect China.

[@Shenl999]

China had exported revolution, corruption, virus and changed the nature of UN, IMF and WTO by lying and cheating. Not only it had killed tens of millions of its own people and obliterated its cultural heritage, not is now undermining and interfering the US 2020 Election. What do you mean to respect China? It does not play by the rules and CCP is above the rule of law. This is country there is no human right, no freedom and a police state. The rosy lens used by Prof. Kishore Mahbubani suggested he is sold to China's CCP.

[@michaelreagan7005]

No civilization is superior over others. The thought that one's own race and civilization are superior and the inclination to remold or replace other civilizations is just stupid !!!

[@NoohCee]

Whats the relevance here? Nothing in this video relate to this. You have intellectual or ego challenges?

[@Mycatsbirthdayparty]

Lol the first question by the host is mad fragile 🐖👨🏻‍🦲❄️

[@syedmaricar9946]

Chindia should hold its spring of tiger for a long time.patiently work to improve our future .

[@ernie2111]

love the term, chindia will rise indeed!

[@woodyexplorer]

It is really a hype nowadays that Asia will overtake the West. I think the only thing this makes is the scare.

[@mengwise36]

When the "theory" says one thing and reality is another, then the "theory" is wrong.

[@hujintao6862]

Kishore, Xi's personal towel boy, how well this video has aged.

[@VicharB]

Very interesting speech, debate and views. But, Universities/Academic institutions were there in Indian regions/valey thousands years before they came to West, so I disagree that it is a gift of West, which is true on many other occasions as well. Mr Kishore, you are wrong in several occasions (your points of views), not just historically and factually, but even from philosophical points of view. Other than that I would love to hear more on this and related topics, from Mr Kishore and the clubs.

[@junjie8969]

if country want to make great, advanced science development must be independent. sometime keep secret on country's security is also making country great, especially on military base and military intelligent.

[@marthacmd]

Professor... I was a strong supporter of your work until you said that the West is the most successful civilization in human history. Really. you just told me that you never studied world history including the history of the US-

[@noneoyb8902]

Throughout history oer 90% of the people have lived in poverty. Every place at every time. Only with the rise of the West has there been a change in that, and indeed thanks to the West only 10% of the world now lives in poverty.

[@Ray89135]

Define "success". Material? Yes. Spiritual? Happiness? Maybe.

[@noneoyb8902]

@lappelap tamalate Bug off, simplistic fool. ALL SOCIETIES throughout history have 'exploited others'. The fact is that the modern west has spent trillions, transferred technology, and offered expertise to help lift poor countries out of poverty. Anyone bashing the west for 'exploiting others', or for empire-building, or for slavery, as though the west was the first or only to do those things, isn't to be taken seriously. You parrot your indoctrination. You, like the op, know nothing of actual history. You probably still believe what you learned putting on a Thanksgiving play in third grade, namely that the Americas were a land of peaceful innocents until white ppl arrived. NOTHING could be further from the truth.

[@asadalisheikh110]

CHINA, Japan, South Korea or Singapore (also add Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand), it's about governance being on high moral ground so system is respected and sustainable. India's total exports are less than Singapore. India can't prosper and survive with western weaponry and without spending on human development. The geographical limits and expansionism are not everything. If farmers instead of earning enough suicide in India, it should be worst place. If Pakistan is occupied by agents of West, nothing can happen there either. Hence leaderships of the region have to rise and get out of quagmire of backwardness. The China making it possible seems the only possibility, if India has a vision of next 100-200 years at least.

[@fungames24]

Something is very seriously wrong for him to not count civilian deaths caused by wars and call this as the most peaceful period. Why are people dropping like flies when it is so peaceful? This guy is just saying what people want to hear because he wants to sell book.

[@privateconfidential7056]

Souh East Asia countries know China have a huge market of purchasing power but on the other hand China have the strongest military compare to South East Asia countries , China to bully them is very easy. SEA countries wants USA to be there so that China bully them is limited around when USA is here . that is why no South Ease Asia countries complaint when USA navy sail around SCS only China complaint loudly.

[@colinbarnes6143]

Have a hard time listening to De Balie, then man has trouble stringing 3 words together.

[@abdulrahmanbinabdulhamid8677]

PROFESSOR KANGKUNG SPEAKING!!!

[@adinnaikhwani6255]

Abdul Rahman Bin Abdul Hamid ???

[@raymondyang7948]

Extremely Malaysia Malay with full worm mentality.

[@yingzhang7637]

Kishore, Chinese or asian has yet arrived to be enlightened by the thinkings to discover what is a meaning of "me", as a human being. Until then, the China progress is in transition. Otherwise, Asia is to be remained as to such state, submissive or independant individual.

[@lisa.e5776]

You mean the West know they're monkeys and cherish on the animalism freedom and democrazy?

[@kaimingraymondchoi9909]

West refused to learn the non-zero sum game. Stop for a second. Imagine in 10 years time, ASEAN, African, South America, Eastern Europe, their GPD grow 40%, how much will there to be shared by the developing countries.

[@joyflips]

Ultimately it's not a question of East vs West, but Democracy vs Totalitarianism. The global struggle is "modern thinking" vs the old traditional ways from when all governments (and religions) were totalitarian. The CCP (not China itself) is the very antithesis of the "great contributions" made by the West.

[@view1st]

The socioeconomic system known as capitalism is essentially and profoundly anti-democratic by its very nature and that is why, I would argue, we've never had any genuine democracy in the West, only a passing resemblance to it, and even this is now under challenge. What's more, western corporate propaganda portrays democracy and capitalism (eg. in such phrases as 'liberal democracy') as being one and the same, inextricably linked, as if one is a natural extension of the other. This syncretising of two opposing things that are, in my opinion, ultimately incapable of being reconciled in a satisfactory manner, is what western ideologues, are doing a very good job of convincing people is true.

[@waiyuenleong8555]

The turn of events for Asian countries for the last 40 years comes from people who have had achieved better education from the US universities and have ,therefore, think logically and intelligentlyy to move forward in the 21st century. Most developing countries in ASEAN countries are working hard to improve their poverty stricken population like China to build a more harmonious society to prevent political conflict among its people. Troubles never come singly when problems arising on- off situation when Asian countries still lack behind in many ways.

[@Andy-P]

China & India have a 'right' to be the biggest then?

[@Sam-tz8ou]

Afraid of china ? This guy is not diplomatic

[@tankoktim]

Two civilisations Eastern and Western....... Complementary on the Cross. Mental & Spiritual [Eastern Civilisation] Material & Individualism [Western Civilisation] ======== Stark differences between the two civilisations: Eastern - develop spiritually; loyalty to one's master and to one's ancestors [ancestors' worship in olden times], and daughter-in-law to look after the mother-in-law [olden cultures]. Western - develop materials; loyalty to the community; the couple as an independent unit is important; and not having a culture for daughter-in-law to look after the mother-in-law.

[@asadalisheikh110]

Not entire Asia but at best South East Asia has transformed itself, thanks to hard labour (they subsidized every product and didn't charge the fair compensation), sense of direction, and investing in human development and ensuring governance. Western powers (specially America) looted everything from the world and colonized and manipulated the world even after WWII. Western powers would still continue to hatch conspiracy against China and rest of the world. But fact remains whosoever has survived and progressed has been based on leadership quality. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh lacked that quality leadership, which was imposed by the West on this region to control it properly. India doesn't have any hope of rising like China. PAKISTAN has also the slim reasons. Ignoring human development and hating your own people is the biggest disservice where swings cannot be changed every 100 years. Even Russia and Central Asian Republic and Africa on the other side also need to join the world. But Muslim World with all the resources seems aloof from the world. Nobody allows anybody opportunity to rise. You have to create it.

[@tankoktim]

More on what I wrote is at this link: https ://tankoktim.wordpress .com/2017/01/25/east-and-west-the-two-civilisations/

[@syedmaricar9946]

I have been telling our friends in middle East for 25 to 40 years .they have to look East for answer s.Arrigance says otherwise in their choice

[@syedmaricar9946]

25 to 30 years.

[@ErenYega747]

This comment has aged pretty well considering the Iran Saudi China diplomatic developments recently

[@nizicike759]

1:50:30 that joke make my day

[@ankithooda1536]

Gross ignorance of history.

[@junjie8969]

I hope that Global power is shifting from western country lead by united state and canada

[@noneoyb8902]

LOL. Canada has never lead anything. And NOBODY outside of China wants to see a world dominated by China.

[@junjie8969]

every country have own technology and culture. The most important is country independent.

[@narinphatsimon2697]

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[@steventeddylai8673]

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[@Ecotopias]

how can you make a forecast and analysis about the future of the world without taking into consideration Climate Change?

[@junjie8969]

united state was also learn from russia. how russia country make great? in many case, russia borrowed others chickens to lay eggs, that's successful. many case we need to make sentiment for technology, so that it is impossible to regard own advanced technology as spread others

[@fivecent4483]

Professor Kishore is only 50% correct.

[@fivecent4483]

Isn't obvious that the other 50% is wrong.

[@junjie8969]

The western country can change, but not change political system toward china and russia. we still keep on western democratic political system. At present, The lack of western country have nothing, the only way on lack of western country is technology and science development. The western country should notice and change through technology and science development, that's correct choice. If country want to make great, it is absolutely not less than science revolution development. science revolution development based on knowledge's structure and rich imagination. einstein's famous quotes that make me to admire. imagination is very important than knowledge, knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces science revolution development on entire world. We hope that every country have own's ancient history of science development and ancient philosophia.

[@tringo2888]

Anerican greed

[@oneshot2028]

55:40: America is ALREADY strong and successful. This fool does not seem to get anything.

[@calvyncraven1141]

Lol..you are funny..and so confused.

[@4horns832]

China's rapid military and economic growth is to coordinate with the forthcoming Christ. The Lord God has chosen him among Chinese, a nation more in number than any people. Before his appearance, the earth would have a tremendous catastrophe in order to first remove those evil countries which oppose the growth of China so that China can smoothly assist the saint in the conduct of the world salvation. From the Bible (KJV): Deuteronomy 7:6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. Deuteronomy 7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

[@NoohCee]

????? You need to see a shrink.

[@tomchoo965]

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[@rajesvarandoraisamy8076]

This is another conjecture from the Lord of the Rings Kishore the Gypsy soothsayer ,Asia is far behind the West ,see today’s CNA news with Kausiken Bellhari,this is the reality of Asian strengths under pressure from West versus Chinoo hegemony ,Mao did blunders and Emperor Xi Jin Pooh has made a mess of the economy,in short Communism has no place ,Kishore must be reminded of history of how the Romans brought civilized society to the West, Africa was made to absorb the West ways of eating ,however India was recalcitrant and Chinoo stick to cat , dog and pigeon meat

[@henryng9406]

Thank you for being ignorant, the west/US need more ppl like you. The global south is so happy there are imbeciles like you. You and your inbreeds will make the GS rise faster. Please stay on autopilot, in just a few yrs, we'll be waving bye bye to you and your zombie brothers and sisters in our rearview mirrors. 🖐🖐🖐🖕🖕🖕

[@andtam008]

Another funny sh!t from Mr. Mahbubani: China supported US lift of oil ban in Iraq in UN Security Council so US would bog down in Iraq and China could grow. LMAO! China called Bush to support the war on terror and US wanted to lift oil ban in Iraq for the reconstruction of Iraq. I don't see China had any reason to object the proposal. Mr. Mahbubani tries to portrait China as a cunning strategist which can foresee the future. WOW! Mr. Mahbubani tries to explain what happened but his explanations are full of flaws.

[@tomchoo965]

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[@ranendranarayanbose7126]

This guy can put me to sleep. His pace is irritating.

[@shilpa3032]

Kishore seems like a Chinese agent , I think ccp is paying him . China is still a closed society . People think that glossy outlook like infrastructure, better dressed is civilised development but fail to recognise that mental development is most important. Society mentality and decency and thinking should be valued more so now because mental peace is important. Money comes and goes , what is up today will come down tomorrow, everyone must strive to be resilient .

[@takashimurakami6420]

Nothing happens by chance. The elite that manipulate the global economy knows what they are looking for. Never mix the global analyzes data with country or region analyzes. Globally speaking, it has improved significantly but once bring to west economy countries, this represented a transfer of middle class wealth of their countries to China, India, etc.. The improvement of any social class will never occur without the deterioration of the another social class in other place. It is a zero sum account. And it was done by very intencional motivation at the beginning. Exploring low cost of labor cost in China and India. But these countries knew the opportunity to develop in longer period taking advantage of greed of the elite. But elite and multinational corporations are very happy anyway because the country performance or region performance do not matter for them, as far as they get their objectives. Things will happen as the powerful elite desires to happen. The comments of this video are just temporary facts of today.

[@waynet8953]

The zero sum gain is not a law of nature; it may have looked like that in the past because of man's level of understanding and behaviour in the past. The future will show otherwise and is required for humanity's evolution into a planetary co-operative civilization.

[@jeltan7887]

HI Takashi - I presume you are a Japanese, rite?? I am quite disappointed to hear a "western-oriented" mindset and value system from a Japanese... Confucius values and the law of nature are different from the rules of man. 1+ 1 is not necessary equal to 2, hence of course, 1 - 1 may not be zero... Oh my God, where's your Asian sense of values?? I feel I am reading a Western's analysis, until I saw your name!!!!

[@takashimurakami6420]

Jel Tan thanks for your comment. We all have the right to express our individual opinions freely and it is the beauty of freedom. I don't know how deep you are familiar with money and economic theories but I suggest you to watch kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZKTdHeYiqiliZY. Maybe it will give you further insight. Bye

[@jeltan7887]

Takashi Murakami -freedom of speech must be exercised with wisdom. There's a thin line between talking nonsense and fres speech..If this thin line is crossed over - the Paris shootings over the comics books on Islam religions shocked us from South-east Asian who grow up with Muslims. The West is blinded by their free speech to the point of ignorance..

[@jeltan7887]

Takashi Murakami - We are guiding the Westerners to understand other values eg careful and measured speech vs their free speech.. Since you are an Asian,you should be able to teach the best of our Asian values unless you think your own Asian values are all very low- class..then the Westerner will see you as low-class..

[@tomchoo965]

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