The Return of Asia in the 21st Century

Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Kishore Mahbubani, discusses his latest book, The Asian 21st Century, in which he relates US decline to the rise of plutocracy and Asia’s renewed rise - after having fallen behind in the last 200 years - to its growing sense of dynamism, optimism, and diversity. This is the 200th episode of the podcast Economics and Beyond with Rob Johnson.

[@wenkeadam362]

I am proud to say that I am "one in a million". I too downloaded AND READ Kishore's newest book - or rather compilation of jewels.

[@axiom1509]

So,.. now you need to donate to UN children's fund

[@chopstick631]

more then half were my bots...mabubani asked me to do it...i asked to make it 5 min he said it needs to look legit

[@you-to-beornot-to-be9629]

Amazing how brave you can be with someone else's sons, using someone else's money in a war in someone else's country.

[@sword7872]

I would rather call those calling for war, callous cowards who are out for profiting themselves and their cronies.

[@henrygarciga]

According to some experts, US military bases are a new form of colonisation through the introduction of power and military power on foreign territory, i.e., the American version of a colony is a military base. We know the statements made by the commander of the American soldiers at the base in Djibouti, Marine Brigadier General Martin Robson, that in order to lead a “preventive” war, a “global presence” is necessary, by which he means establishing hegemony over any country that is not yet under America’s thumb. ----The Pentagon hides the exact number of its military bases abroad. According to some sources, the number is 865.

[@timothychung4811]

Brave? No! More like develishly manipulative.

[@pahatpahat9566]

@@henrygarciga , They actually forced Japan and South Korea, Germany to provide employment for the American people! What a joke, occupation of someone's country and get paid! This is the ultimate form of colonial occupation!

[@thantmyo]

Better blame that someone who allows

[@toonpangboon8526]

By population count, Asia forms almost 60% of world population. Add Africa, Russia and some Latin America countries, that % increases to almost 80% or more. In democracy, number counts and not military might. Cant expect these 80% to bow to 20%. Can you?

[@Utube1024]

They knew it very well. That was why they colonized the East when they was powerful and become rich in their adventure. But time has change they are using different tactic now like climate change to slow them down after they had polluted the world environment during their industrialization era.

[@peterchang8719]

Perhaps formed a new UN of the willing (UNoW in Shanghai

[@MrLee4747]

Toon Pang Boon, agreed. Future centuries will see Asian countries + African + Middle Eastern countries teaching others and how to improve the climate, prevent wars and treasure peace. Otherwise, human beings shall extinct like the dinosaur.

[@cryptorenegade1406]

Don't they already have that SCO(Shanghai cooperation organization)?

[@picandvideo]

The expectation is the byproduct of colonial era. Habitual hubris is ingrained.

[@pax4370]

*China and India should rise above their petty border issue and begin to cooperate to bring peace and prosperity in this region. Developement can only begin by achieving peace💝🌹*

[@henrygarciga]

One of the first to speak out against foreign laboratories in Kazakhstan was Amirbek Togusov, former Kazakh Deputy Defense Minister who handed over to Russia materials about the US military’s experiments with deadly viruses in the summer of 2020. “We are like test monkeys here, and our territory is the Pentagon’s natural proving ground for testing new viruses… The laboratories are taken out of national control and work in secrecy,” General Amirbek Togusov said at the time. Shortly after that, General Togusov “died suddenly and unexpectedly.”

[@judithdarida6998]

TY for this !

[@XinaCCPFreeTibet]

Yesss america evil CCP angel. We know who you are.

[@noelborbon6155]

Article please

[@donaldjoseph3903]

What have you been smoking 🚬 🚭. Look at HK how many have been forced to flee the city they lived 😍. 😳. Where are your eyes 👀 .¿

[@henrygarciga]

@@donaldjoseph3903 HK ? Lost me . I write often so I want to know how to respond with context

[@e-magineerAllThings2003]

I hope the west, particularly the 245 years old America can try to understand the whole human history or world history. Obviously, a lot of Americans only learn American history, not the world history. If they learn world history, they wouldn't have been this arrogant. I read a book about the timeline of world inventions that every continent contributes greatly to inventions, not just a certain continent. I hope the west would read more about the world.

[@foodparadise5792]

The name itself shows their arrogance. Using the name of a continent as their countries and discounting all other countries. The states is a highly propagandized country. The ruling class controls all the information. They only wake up after a hard defeat.

[@MrLee4747]

Problem with the west they had been brainwashed for too long, and as far as they concerned, they behave like ostrich, with her head in her nest in the ground, which we don't expect much.

[@inspiredbynatureinspiredby5586]

Wow, so arrogant little ones. The USA is still a great power, has the Spirit of a Winner, and come back Kid! The USA helped China get their recent wealth through manufacturing and trade (along with other countries) after they were addicted to Opioid and pimped out their women. I would say 'Don't count your chickens before they hatch'! I've visited various regions in Asia and I was not impressed. Singapore is stunning but it's an island. I've visited India, it's a country of many contradictions, poverty that I have never seen in my life, an oppressive caste system to this day, dirty, extremely corruption, known as the gang-rape country of the world, and India is a 3rd world country. Americans believe in individual Rights, individual Freedoms, and individual Right to pursue our own definition of Happiness. I've seen other countries' hospital. No comment. Trump is a better president than the current president of India. He actually believes in putting America citizens first instead of bringing in all these Visa Holders from India who are cheating #FarmingtonUniversity. One number or number 2, the USA is still awesome.

[@tatokay4285]

They don't even know American History and what they do know is distorted by the Imperialist elites.

[@frozzytango9927]

Maybe unravel the true history of the West and America. The dark and evil side that is.

[@indranilbhattacharya818]

liked the friendly honest and humble tone of the discussion. have downloaded a copy of the book. looking forward to reading it.

[@bhlim6024]

Hi

[@muslim7608]

The day when American imperialism disintegrates, the world will breathe a sigh of relief..

[@twnb7733]

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[@nantakumaran9789]

If American imperialism ends ,who takes over the continuous imperialism ? Will Chinese ,Russian imperialism,expansion ,aggression take over ?

[@thebuddhaheartsutra]

@@nantakumaran9789 Hopefully it will be a multipolar world with no single global hegemon.

[@geoff9858]

@@nantakumaran9789 Indian maharajarism....lol

[@lebonsimon1269]

👏👏👏

[@kathmccarron]

thank you for your channel - such very interesting guests and intelligent, open dialog

[@flightofthecondor]

With regards economic development, poverty reduction and the raising of living standards and so forth in India and China, the key difference between the two countries is that China is a one-party state which can plan and implement plans consistently long-term, whilst being a Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, the democracy can turn into dysfunctional democracy where all parties are politicking against each other and getting less done for the economy and the interests of the Indian people. Whilst, Singapore also is a Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, however it is more like China where the PAP has been solidly in power since even before Singapore's independence in 1965. And since Kishore Mahubani presumably is based in Singapore, just look north of the Causeway to see a fine example of a dysfunctional democracy, which has had three prime minister and three different governments in less than four years - I.E. plenty of democracy and freedom of speech for politicians to go at each other, trip each other up or stab each other in the back but nothing much gets done for the interests of the economy and citizens, and we have no "General Prayut" to save us. Well, Aristotle did not think much of mass democracy and moreover, western-style democracy is not inherent to Asian traditions and culture, where we went from being under feudalism when colonised, during which time we had no democracy, and were suddenly catapulted into a western-style democracy at independence, without an inherent democratic culture and traditions. This is why politics in much of Asia, is more or less a battle of feudal-style warlords behind a facade of western-style democratic institutions.. You just need to look across the Straits of Johor (Selat Tebrau) to see what I'm talking about. Your late Lee Kuan Yew probably realised the same thing about western-style parliamentary democracy within Asia too.

[@alhassangangu4357]

@ Brother Charlie, great point. Let me add something, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana said in the early 50s, " Any country that has ever been colonised or subjugated in any form, western style democracy is not the solution "

[@rpnrko3612]

I am from India. My state leader(different party from the one that is leading India centrally), is like a dictator. She and her policies are to rule through fear and minority appeasement. Political opponents have been killed, hanged, put behind bars. People from the state look forward to next elections which is about 4 years from now to remove her. If you are giving me a scenario and telling me to choose faster development - letting her rule for life and a bit of slow development - chance to change, I am choosing the latter option. Democracy is not for the state. It is not for the politicians. Authoritarianism is the best case for them where they own all of the power. Democracy is good for the people, for the weakest because it gives them a voice. India might not be as big an economy as China is, but we did not mass murder our own people to get our way to success. Just read how many people Mao and his policies end up killing. Then it was the one-child policy. In India, we are working slowly and I agree that there is a lot of backstabbing and ego-politics that I hate but even now anyone can challenge the primary leader(Modi) and his party by calling a press conference and showing the world that something is not right. That freedom is something Indians will never give away for 10% GDP growth. We are happy with the 6-7% we get.

[@victoryee245]

@@rpnrko3612 In many ways India is similar to China, however their Democracy is inhibited by its caste system which is antithesis to any sort of democratic system or democratic autocracy like china.

[@benjaminjohnson4181]

​@@victoryee245 "Democratic Autocracy"?? DEMOCRATIC autocracy?L LOL...Is THAT that what the kids are calling it these days? "Democratic"?? For goodness' sake, Yee! Give it a rest. The Chinese propaganda machine is whoring itself: "We are all things to all people; what shall we call ourselves today, world? We live to tickle your ears and cut off your tongues." Give it a rest. The CCP let a global virus spread throughout the world unannounced which it failed to contain within its own borders for MONTHS so as to let it spread unannounced internationally. Then, before the world even knew its name, China built a hospital in 10 days and then shut itself down domestically only AFTER it had satisfactorily spread internationally. China is so insular, repressed, and narcissistic, it doesn't even know how bizarre it appears crowing about its talent for COVID-19 containment that it only implemented AFTER it let COVID-19 spread overseas! Everyone knows what happened here, Chinese imperialist monocultural autocrats, and how weirdly and awfully veiled the land of COVID-19 has been regarding this plague's mysterious origins. Thank goodness for the Chinese masters thesis anonymously posted to Twitter that explains ithe virus' origins in the bodies of those Chinese mine workers who were sent to the Wuhan Virology Lab for autopsy just a few years before 2019. Democratic autocracy?? What idiotic humbug. "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time." ~Abraham LIncoln, 16th President of the United States (1809 -1865)

[@xoxo-gc9id]

@@victoryee245 what bullshit? You always bring caste system without understanding India. Even Modi is so called lower caste but he's still the prime minister

[@SC-dr4wk]

40:53 I think partly it's the democracy tax. Another reason is China opened it's economy way before India, so first mover advantage. Even indian constitution maker and one of the great political thinker Dr BR Ambedkar predicted in 1950s the Chinese rise faster that India simply because of the efficiency of fast decision making in one party system of China.

[@hsingchen5141]

What a great and enlightening conversation between two great minds and for all of us to pay attention to.

[@jeromesims]

Translation: "Can u please begin this discussion about Asian dominance by reassuring our American egos that are already severely bruised by the mere suggestion of that development? We are great aren't we?" ... "Oh my pleasure! I understand that if we don't start this conversation right away within the framework of American greatness you might suffer some kind of medical emergency so please breathe deeply and relax as I spend these initial moments singing your favourite lullaby....Americaaa, Americaaa...how great you are....we can only hope to be half as great as you... Okay, feeling better? How's the hypertension? Maybe try caressing your groin area while I kiss your American butt? Nice underwear! The stars and stripes really suit your frame down here. Okay...can i now mention the plutocracy?"

[@noricd]

Thank for that deep belly laugh.

[@charlielou2280]

LOL

[@yurigansmith]

😆

[@parsvishal]

I have seen Prof Kishore giving very wise advises to the west for many years now. He’s got a bit older now.. Still like to see and listen to him. If I had the authority to issue Noble Prize, I would have given it to Prof Kishore the next day.. Hope these Norwegians figure out who he is and issue a Noble Prize for him

[@Andy-P]

For Kishore to win the CCP will have to bribe or threaten the Norwegians. Even then they wouldn't award it to a CCP propagandist.

[@billytheweasel]

Thanks for this vid!

[@rebeccajohnson8579]

Wonderful and INFORMATIVE conversation for those of us with true LOGIC! THANK YOU!

[@donaldjoseph3903]

😘😘👍

[@evergreennj8950]

Great respect for the honorable Kishore Mahbubani. Would love to see Dr. David Kang be invited for an 1 hour discussion on Korea and Asia.

[@Time4Peace]

Prof David Kang is amazing. Hope he comes on too. He is needed as the world is moving towards brinkmanship to extermination

[@lisa.e5776]

We Asians never try to stumble or made Westerner's lives in chaos or hard in 200 -300years of their times. We lived , worked and learned as usual. We cooperated and evolved. Why Westerners make our lives so hard nowadays especially USA ? The Rise and Rest of tides are norms of lives. So is the rise and rest of a country. Accept it and go on because life goes on. Nothing will stop for you. So is the time , the sun, moon and tides... Don't be childish . To be honest, it is very unfair to China. They done nothing wrong.

[@lebonsimon1269]

Because they think they are smarter than Asian ,double standard selfish ‘human being’

[@slly4276]

West has for centuries been perceived as a cut above all mankind by the idea ingrained in them by the colonial mind set. It’s a morale boosting exercise for many. However there are many great western minds like Jeffrey Sach, Prof . Richard Wolfe,Chris Hedges,Max Blumenthal, Aaron Mate, Ben Norton, Brian Bereltic and many more in the You tubes who speak the truths and are very admirable. Hopefully the general public in the west and the world will one day open their eyes and work together for a better tomorrow.

[@inspiredbynatureinspiredby5586]

Stop being disingenuous.

[@sideshow00]

To say any society in the 21st century has done 'nothing' wrong is foolish. Even Kiribati has done something wrong.

[@georgeinjapan6583]

Hopefully the gain balance of countries, including South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and not just one authoritarian country.

[@normantan23]

Thank you for the extraordinary candy discussion of the world! I hope the MSM could have more such discussions than playing cheerleaders to a war that shouldn't have happened.

[@XinaCCPFreeTibet]

Sweet candy for Xinese CCP Trolls indeed

[@oswarz]

New Economic Thinking: Perhaps you should invite Michael Hudson to the show to discuss this topic.

[@ajisenramen888]

I would love to see Africa Rise and have the 22nd century be the African Century 🙏❤️

[@addisseyoum1344]

Believe me it will happen

[@yeusean]

You need to work harder and smarter than now for that.

[@addisseyoum1344]

@@yeusean You forgot to mention avoid the Western influence!!!

[@yeusean]

@@addisseyoum1344 that is included in the " smarter " tag. ;-)

[@rampage4695]

it depends if you surpass us in population and economic growth you will be but not for 22nd century maybe 23rd century there is still lot to done in africa

[@marlbankian]

Excellent food for thought

[@lebonsimon1269]

👍👍👍👏👏👏bravo! Very welll said! Such a clear & wise thinking! Count me in to download your books

[@peterfu529]

Kishore is respectful thinker In globe

[@Lost_Johnny]

I really appreciate listening to Kishore Mahabani but I was a bit surprised by his suggestion that the US was now somehow doing well with COVID, just as the official death count hits a million and over 2 thousand a week are still dying. They invented vaccines fast but that is about it.

[@siewpinglim4402]

Pls can someone let me know where to download? Or purchase a kindle version?

[@wellawong2417]

Good Job and Support !

[@Utube1024]

Tariffs will be paid by the consumers even an ordinary guy like me somehow knew about that. Why that Navaro guy advised Trump on tariffs. Same goes for that pseudo chinese guy who wrote book The Coming Collapse of China who was so happy about it.

[@user-zp8xt4qm7g]

Gordon Chang? He's definitely happy about the tariffs as he is advocating for total decoupling from China. The question is - Can price competitive substitutes be found in the short to medium term while disincentivizing Americans from buying now relatively heavier taxed Chinese goods.

[@PhiloSurfer]

For more than 2 decades, this fake Chinese had been predicting the coming collapse of China. And it is still not coming. Even a broken clock tells the correct time twice a day.

[@cryptorenegade1406]

Chang has been predicting the collapse of China every 5 years for the past 20+ years and each time he's been WRONG , I think Gordon's wife's "REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM" will collapse before China will 🤔🤔😜😜

[@user-zp8xt4qm7g]

@@cryptorenegade1406 That was Gordon Chang's 2001 book. His calls for decoupling with China and reasoned with his 2020 book about US-China tech war is admittedly gaining more traction though. There is definitely more push to block competitive Chinese tech from markets in America and Western world now.

[@lexluong8155]

Ban china imports today. Inflation 100 percent tomorrow all made in America costs. 100 percent inflation = looting and rioting. End of USA democracy.

[@petergreenwood7731]

Well done

[@liubang9375]

The reason why Indian were able to hold high position in top US companies because they were not targeted by the American yet ....

[@peterlin146]

Liu Bang @ .. how spot on u are in your comment.. 👍 Once india becomes a threat (when india becomes world economy #3, waiting to take the #2 seat away from the US) i have no doubt they will treat india like the others in the past ...

[@jincham3917]

Exactly right!

[@tombaker9341]

grandad from brittain 🤗🤔😎you are appreciated.

[@nanfattchia3341]

It’s a great inside from both of you GREAT men 👍🏻👏🙏

[@dyrectory_com]

Thank you Kishore! 👏🏻

[@sammychow5238]

Relationship is key! If you treat other nation sovereignty with respect you can expect cooperation! When you attack other nations and then expect them to help you!? Would you!!!!????

[@fairenoughthenwhat]

A very interesting talk. Kishore's characterisations of Biden as 'the nicest guy you'd ever meet' is not even close to an accurate description of the man I've seen in footage, etc. over the years. But that misguided (or disingenuous?) description isn't fatal to his analysis, because he also recognises that Biden's decision making power as President is effectively non-existent. Id be very interested to read his book as he makes some great points and seems to have an admirable handle on non Western political and economic dynamics and how that fits in with worldwide material realities.

[@youspoontube]

"the nicest guy..." kind of comment is a typical Asian way of diplomatic talk. Butter and soften up first, then the blow would come. Kishore is a great diplomat, great perspective on current world issues.

[@tomjohn8733]

Very interesting discussion, upon reflection, the old saying, wealth and power corrupts etc, and the global elites have become very wealthy, powerful and corrupt under their form of capitalism, in which politicians have become little better than puppets, so, it may take a strong authoritarian leader, who puts the best interest of all the people, cooperating with other governments around the world, in order to deal effectively with poverty, climate change and environmental issues, anyways, always good listing to alternative views and ideas, wars and economic tariffs, do not solve anything, thank you…!!

[@mcguerd8]

I guess that is critical 'adjustment assistance' as the benefits from the adjustment comes only after a generation. That is about 10-15 years later assuming the insane profits of those who benefit from the adjustment are not piled in tax havens but spent on those who suffer from the adjustment. If this not coordinated by the government then it does not make sense to accuse China Mexico etc. after 30 years. The current Gini of USA which is about 0.56 is a shame for a developed country which means the US government has not done its job in this context for the last 30 years.

[@pcsing2006]

Kishore's China's disadvantages were viewed through the west's lens. The verdict is far from that envisioned by Kishore.

[@phongy45]

Kishore's is too bias and too west! .. likely, Kishore's have special interest for america and west!!

[@pcsing2006]

@@phongy45 I think you're right. His family is in the US and Americans.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kishore_Mahbubani#:~:text=Kishore%20Mahbubani%20PPA%20(born%2024,academic%2C%20diplomat%20and%20geopolitical%20consultant.

[@donaldjoseph3903]

@@phongy45 Agreed! u don't know anything..😁

[@Lost_Johnny]

He is from Singapore but despite that he well worth listening to.

[@pcsing2006]

@@Lost_Johnny He made many valid points but where he is off is on the Ukraine war and the fake news that incessant grab the attention of the lay public.

[@shiwanimanikandan4241]

Most of the discussions Rich and Poor countries based on per capita income and few other parameters I am a ordinary person in my view we when we talk about Rich and Poor we should also take into account of the sovereign dept and debt based monetisation also should be taken into account

[@raginald7mars408]

As a German Biologist and Pythagorean - it is the Ranking of Values. When you are Eager and Curious to study, to analyze, to Tinker, to try and always keep going - a DaVinci And Stradivari Mind - Elon Musk ...then you reach the TOP of Your Abilities. When it is total permanent Consume and Avoiding imagined PAIN and rush for the next instant Reward - you get addicted to Mind Opiates in small Mind Prison locked up for Life and dying in Misery - blaming Others. At our German University Professors coldly stated: “The GOOD ones - always succeed” - in all conditions and circumstances. The Bad Ones always blame and scream HELP!!! I need more! Oswald Spengler - a Biologist - saw this already 100 years ago...

[@oswarz]

“That kind of openness”. Is the problem and certainly NOT to be admired or emulated. If that’s your best shot at something to admire about the US, there really isn’t much to admire.

[@cryptorenegade1406]

That's right, the genocidal behavior of colonialism & imperialism is nothing to be admired, it has only brought massive global Chaos and sufferings and needs to be STOPPED

[@rosalynnchow5057]

I can't find anything admirable about the US. Its history is too short, a mere 240 years.

[@medialcanthus9681]

Just when gas prices are way high, affordable China electric bikes are selling very well in USA. They are doing things right.

[@cam35mm]

It's not globalization that took the jobs away from the US. it's because we can't make products anymore or that people want. Detroit's problem was because they couldn't make cars for 30 to 40 years. The car industries in the early 90's almost went belly up if it wasn't for some bail outs. Speaking of the 90's that's when our electronics industry went belly up because we couldn't make quality products like the Japanese were doing. But our exceptionalism thinking we can't blame our own selves if we did then that destroy that narrative of exceptionalism. If anything, automation is the biggest culprit for the lost jobs, but our "CAPTAIN" of Industries didn't want to because of greed to figure out how to re-incorporate those workers that lost their jobs to automation. It is our complacency and laziness in our corporate elites that has take this country down beside this exceptionalism that brings the zero sum game. GREED is a bad thing...not a good thing...Wallstreet. Unfortunately, the Professor's thought on Ukraine is way off.

[@naungnaung2482]

thank to china! asia is back on the game.

[@alexyeephengtan9386]

It’s not a matter of which economy is bigger, rather than the ability to print $ without any consequences!

[@twlamSG]

India will always be full of potential, unfortunately it will only remain as such and not develop into real potential simply because of systemic issues like corruption and the caste system. Of course it has other issues too but these two will over shadow everything else.

[@cassius_eu5970]

Kishore, the COVID-19 vaccine you received was developed in Germany (by BioNTech), not the US. Pfizer simply bought the rights to sell/market it, but they didn't develop it.

[@bowyerlaw1]

there are some interesting points, but I am definitely not convinced that that biggest winners of Chinese investment in Aftrica, is Europe. China does not hide its global economic intentions and Europe is not very high on that agenda.

[@XinaCCPFreeTibet]

He will say whatever seela the plans of his CCP masters.

[@agusedyanto3087]

Believe me, with Chinese investment, Africans will become more prosperous, so Europe can also benefit, depending on how Europe takes advantage of it

[@longyou8254]

Thumbs up

[@thantmyo]

Asia has to fix fundamental issue of denial, dishonesty, discrimination, delusional transparency which are the basic building blocks for better society. The real advancements cannot be realized upon inequalities and discrimination nor the wrong or fake statistics. People need to enlighten first what values and mindsets need to be developed in order to built a great society.

[@inuwooddog3027]

The point of a tariff is specifically to hurt the consumers, thus making them buying the goods from the alternative. And Trump did try to create that alternative but unsuccessful.

[@Aesthetic-076]

If the tariff not work why China applied the tariff on US product? I’m not agree that the tariff not work. The tariff can help rebuild American manufacturing, Manufacturing and Agriculture is the layer one of the economic.

[@soothsayer2406]

We are swirling around and around like Klingons......waiting around as we swirl ever faster

[@markestherchia5095]

Correction 😀 The vaccine was developed by Turkish who migrated to Germany & were naturalized to be Germans It's not really developed by Pfizer Keep up the good work I'm an ardent follower of your philosophy and teaching 😀

[@anaesthete]

Incorrect! Sahin and Tureci moved to Germany as children in the 1960s with their families. Naturalised Germans, who are Turks by origin, years before Biontech came into being.

[@yliang1688]

Well said >>> 🤩🤩🤩Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Kishore Mahbubani, discusses his latest book, The Asian 21st Century, in which he relates US decline to the rise of plutocracy and Asia’s renewed rise - after having fallen behind in the last 200 years - to its growing sense of dynamism, optimism, and diversity. 💗💗💗

[@allanstaple9785]

The word idiot comes to mind

[@dragonred3576]

The emperor never abdicates unless he is forced to.

[@wendl2328]

Asia will be the dominant continent in the 21 th century

[@investing7883]

40:13 india vs China 59:39 American ideas

[@tuongquan5515]

No one be number one forever,the world is changing all time never stand.that the nature law.

[@tuongquan5515]

Take care your family don’t involve other countries.you will be saved.

[@XinaCCPFreeTibet]

Spared by the CCP? Lol.

[@jimmystar6730]

34:35 Sounds like China has been doing a lot of good things for Africa, but how come I haven't heard any talks about this in the western world?

[@wewave23]

And who made you poor? Kishore. Yes, it is British colonialism. It only took 30 years for Singapore to develop from 3rd world to 1st after being governed by themselves. But Britain has colonised and ruled Singapore for 300 years and still you have no flush toilet. 😭

[@tushardudam1523]

Singapore is as big as one of the cities like Mumbai in India

[@wewave23]

@@tushardudam1523 So? Yet India has no capability to make even one of their cities as rich as Singapore. Says alot about you indians.

[@IshtarNike]

This comment is incoherent. What are you actually trying to say?

[@IshtarNike]

This comment is incoherent. What are you actually trying to say?

[@SC-dr4wk]

Kishore sir is looking for a satwik sense of world, where countries are ideal but in real world it doesn't happen. Not in the human history has any country been satwik, even though majority I suppose aspire for that version.

[@samlim7431]

Professor please be totally honest with your comment about USA. Yes they have great universities music , n others , the people of the world admire , but the rests of their culture treating of our black bros n sis , it toxic politics coruptions are all bad examples to the world

[@jan-olofjohansson9238]

And now The Bears has put down its paws. Will this lead to a change or an endlösung for mankind?

[@efeocampo]

After 500 years hiatus of Eurocentrism, the World is wakenining up to the reality of the great importance of Asia not only as an economic super power but with millennial cultures and civilizations well advanced when those of America and Europe were well behind...

[@bahmanborzou4650]

10 minutes of my life i never get back

[@smling11]

Kishore should get someone who can feed him with accurate non English media news. He reading on the China covid19 is not correct. Zero Covid19 must have much less death, but economic cost is very high. That define what is a socialist country.

[@el3732]

Maybe you should feed him with your correct feed about covid 19 since you definitely sound like that "someone". You muppet :)

[@serenachen9385]

Imagine China n India coopering with each other the future superpower were be India or China I don't how politicians playing their games

[@elmohead]

The West: omg it's the rise of Asia! We must get our acts together to stay in the race! Also the West: russo-ukrainian war 2022

[@sideshow00]

All the West knows is war, discriminations and turmoil. They lived on that continent for millennia all bunched up together and still can't get along. It's comical.

[@elmohead]

@@sideshow00 yup. War, discrimination, colonialism. Their culture is worth zero humanitarian value.

[@rampage4695]

there just fighting each other 😂

[@saleemkhanazad]

For the last 7 years I have been traveling extensively 5 days a week in the midwest, Southwest, Southeast and Northeast of the United States and I see the Rural America is devastated. The towns and communities are financially depressed. You see the residential and commercial properties either for sale or closed with no business. United States of America needs to pay attention to its own citizens rather then policing and financing other countries in the world. United States is a great country and it can sustain its number one position in the world. I can personally share my experience traveling overseas as well that people from other countries have great respect for United States. By the way Mahbubani is not correct on the Trump. The majority of Rural and conservative Americans support Trump.

[@spadeysay6846]

They support Trump because of the delusional promises Trump makes to them. Even Trump cannot dismiss the influence the deep state have over the POTUS and US politics.

[@OmarOttoman]

China territory was a fraction of what it is today until a few centuries ago with Qing dynasty expansion, and the Indian subcontinent was scattered states in the period 0-1947. Also population censuses and income data before 1800 are pretty much arbitrary estimates. So saying that "biggest 2 economies from 0-1800 were China and India" can not be correct. The Islamic Khalifat was probably the biggest economy in the 9th and 10th century, and the Mongolian empire (which included parts in China) was the largest in the 14th century.

[@7swordmary567]

*NO University or Nation too weak to withstand the democracy of Free Speech/Free Press Dissent is EVER 'Great'*

[@amossimon3438]

Both China and India are the rising powers of the future.They are sitting back and both benefiting from the unrest of the west.China and India both have some thing.thats important to Russia They both see Russia as.a.great friend.They will always be there for Russia.We are not thinking wisely.This fight is only round 2.

[@karenmills1261]

Well meaning but very mistaken take on the US' covid reaction

[@sammychow5238]

Life doesn’t work that way!

[@spadeysay6846]

The bad behaviour of the United States of America as the primary world power for the past 77 years has set a very very bad precedent for all future world power. Whoever that will inherit that position will, most unwisely, use the US of A deeds on how to deal with the rest of the world. We can only hope that it will not be so, but rather that the way the US of A behave is exactly how a world power should not and must never act or emulate.

[@gashumbamichael8846]

Why can't Africa also have a chance or at least the century should be for the world not only Asia.

[@rampage4695]

the largest economy in the world is already asia what do you mean?did we even bark when westerners humiliated us asians in more than 500 years!!most of african people are not not educated at least never been to school

[@icarus387]

Africa will have its time but not now. The future is Asia if they overcome economic recession, climate change, and problems that will come in the 21st century.

[@natbirchall1580]

Kishore is sinking in obscurity

[@natbirchall1580]

@Pluto Voltaire you guys are unbelievably sad where I live people only know about chine because they ocasionally flip a plastic gadget please get another obsesion maybe something that is of value

[@tnt_pkk1311]

@@natbirchall1580 what an ignorant comment and narrow minded

[@SYL7Tube]

Keep sleeping

[@jas6806]

China has been a Civilisation and a Nation State. No india prior to east endia co GDP of the Sub Continent more accurate. hindutva and the Caste system in endia is a powder keg

[@rajput2736]

your jealousy can't stop India... one day you country bow to India....

[@thesaviour6325]

Pakistani detected opinion rejected. Nuclear Somalia we are growing and going hard cope.

[@Kalki0025]

indian Civilisation 7000- 9000 years old first indian empire Mauryan Empire 323 bc first chinese empire Dynasty 206 BC Hinduism 4000-5000 years old Communism 200 years old Islam 1400years old

[@republicradio431]

wait hes using chinece goverment sources? 12:21 does he not know better?

[@KSMrK]

First of all the 4 wanna culture and belief need to be dissolved before she can make her move forward smoothly.

[@Userkzb20253]

How about let’s call Indian migrants Indian expats?

[@keffinsg]

Why not? White migrants universally call themselves expats

[@theresasanders8251]

Yes, he's talking about ANOTHER era! #EvilEmpire!

[@sukhdevseoni4518]

I have not seen the whole video but can someone tell me if ASIA is CHINA.........Also is India covered in this and where?..........Does he ,KM, consider India to be part of Asia????

[@marioprawirosudiro7301]

See, THIS is why people should actually watch the whole video first. 😒 Yes, India is covered in this. Watch the video. And yes, he considers India to be part of Asia. The man's a Singaporean, not some rootless "Asian-American". No, Asia is not China. If it is, then Kishore would only be talking about China this entire video. Which he didn't, though China does take a significant portion of the talk. Mostly because of the US-China tension, and China's closeness with Russia.

[@MR-tn5kv]

Didn’t Trump go to Wharton?…

[@tohca1]

?

[@xxxwang5574]

let's make Asia again. China has been peaceful country in Asia for thousands years.

[@jacintochua6885]

American Nobel Prize winners were from the past. Not now.

[@hugocuandon1319]

The Unitrd states should start by calling itself Anglo america, the same as you call us latin america as if we were a second best part of the continent, SHAME ON ANGLOS.

[@waynet8953]

Historically they "discover" America first, so calling it "America" was clear; Latin America was called as such to distinguish it from America. I don't think there was any bad intention in the names. The problem is that you feel second best as a person from Latin America.

[@cuongtu7772]

endia is not poor they are super rich and super power

[@kuanged]

Yep, no kidding. China has emerged and now all their people want western living standards. India and ASEAN are on deck and their people will also want to consume a lot more of the world's resources. Later on this century, when the Africans and South Americans also develop, they will demand the same level of resource consumption as westerners as well. If everyone consumed like westerners, then even four earths worth of resources would not be enough to fulfill all demand. Basically, at our current level of technology material equality on earth is unsustainable and impossible to achieve without causing mass extinction. But good luck trying to convince emerging nations to take one for the team and accept a permanent lower standard of living. There are only three ways forward: 1) nations will go to war to secure resources and political/social stability for their own people (the tried and true old way), or 2) a global government will have to take over that imposes austerity on everyone (impose population controls, and no one can be wealthy), 3) human technology develops to a point where we CAN create enough energy / food / building materials to give everyone a high standard of living (a pipedream at the moment). In summary, peace is not an option for our world unless a lot of people die off. My bet is we'll just fight each other until enough people die that we reach an equilibrium.

[@rampage4695]

africa maybe have chance but south america I don't think so there already been developing several decades ago

[@rehan3600]

This guy is brilliant elsewhere but he fails when he says “India is the world’s best bet for moral leadership.” Under this current Modi government, that’s an absolute joke.

[@tirthankarroy8871]

Who cares of Turkish perspective? Modi is here to stay mister. Focus on your country..

[@rpnrko3612]

India is. When appeasement for 70 years is normalized, suddenly equality seems discriminative.

[@classoppressorbourgeoisie8416]

No one can play down India . Modi is there because of his hardwork and Ability. India's are wise enough to choose our Leader.

[@yaoypl]

Get them vaccinated in the mind...👏👏👏

[@averayugen8462]

I cant accept the Dog Meat Festival in China, its so barbaric and a signal event like a canary in the cage kind of thing. Such brutality doesn't feel ok for a harmonic life vs anything deemed worthless. WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT HERE

[@user-sj6qd5qc5z]

China is big. That only happens in a small part of China.

[@pannychanman]

Man, I really like Kishore but he's so naive about the US political machine.

[@raynierllewis2827]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@angkihermawan3420]

It depends on Asian now. WIll we accept other's "manipulation" to divide Asia?