Debate: Coronavirus Will Reshape the World Order in China's Favor

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Debate: Coronavirus Will Reshape the World Order in China's Favor
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How might coronavirus reshape geopolitics? For some, the answer is clear: China is on the rise. While Washington embraces “America First,” they argue, Beijing is stepping up to provide material assistance to struggling nations and convening global leaders. But others see a global future where China’s standing is diminished, not bolstered. They look to China’s lack of transparency around the outbreak, stringent domestic lockdown policies, and economic slowdown.

This debate is presented with our partner Foreign Affairs

FOR THE MOTION:
Kurt M. Campbell - CEO, The Asia Group & Former Diplomat
Kishore Mahbubani - Former President, UN Security Council & Author, "Has China Won?"

AGAINST THE MOTION
Minxin Pei - Scholar & Author, "China's Crony Capitalism"
Susan Thornton - Senior Fellow, Yale's Paul Tsai China Center & Former Diplomat

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Auggie Giuseppe
Auggie Giuseppe
1 second ago
I love these kinds of Intelligent Debates, very welcome for our Historical, Political and general knowledge. I Thank the Panel profusely for sharing your Expertise.



denise
denise
2 weeks ago
It's so assuring to see ppl like Pei and Susan being regarded as top intelligent to work in US university and government.

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Tom Chen
Tom Chen
2 weeks ago
Pei is funny.

"We should not expect China's economy to perform as it has in the past"

"I have full faith that America will always do the right thing after exploring all the wrong options, as it did in the past".

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Peter Vote
Peter Vote
1 week ago
His name is Pei Min Xin, not Min Xin Pei. Only Kishore Mahbubani got it right. lol.

I always find it funny that this chinese Pei Min Xin is on the side of the country that cannot even express his name properly. Nothing but a farce.

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Jakob Smith
Jakob Smith
2 weeks ago
Kishore makes a lot of great points

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Sayj
Sayj
2 weeks ago
Kishore really might be the GOAT. Few non-Chinese understand China as well as him. Absolutely excellent.

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have fun
have fun
1 week ago
this lady susan does not know what she is talking
 about

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Sam L
Sam L
2 weeks ago
When Pei mentioned that corvi patients keep popping up in China I looked it up.  Today China added 6 new case, in the USA 4,793 new cases.  According to Pei, China is at a bad place.  WTF.

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Luzia Mühlebach
Luzia Mühlebach
2 weeks ago
Excellent discussion (as usual). Thank you so much for your work. The reason I like your format so much is that it is uplifting and entertaining at the same time. Please do keep it coming.

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Yun Fu
Yun Fu
2 weeks ago
Lol so this is before the riots :O

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Nguyen Tran
Nguyen Tran
3 days ago
Bulgaria FTW!



Zmart Kooky
Zmart Kooky
3 days ago
Change nothing. Period. Evidence shows this was a huge exaggeration and mistake.



GreatDivideSven
GreatDivideSven
1 week ago
This was great

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dhg1234
dhg1234
1 week ago
Where do I find the results?



nayanmalig
nayanmalig
1 week ago
The damage is DONE ! That's the whole point.



yang ji
yang ji
1 week ago (edited)
The last time that Minxin Pei thought a new thought was probably in the 90s.Such cold war relic still quoting Churchill. At this time I really doubt America will do the right things.

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Doc Man
Doc Man
1 week ago
Funny that all the comments use talking points from Global Times.

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Ken Bailey
Ken Bailey
5 days ago
A month later, the decision is in on Sweden. It was a disaster.



denise
denise
2 weeks ago
US dealt with Belt and road initiative very effectively. US rarely objects to any projects in the beginning, but when these projects were about to put into commercial phase, US could organize some protests by leveraging NGOs and local media at an extreme low cost, for example check out the protest against dam project in Waimaw Myanmar in 2019 Apr. We should all learn such practical and effective tactics from US : how to prevent other countries citizens from having a better life under a good name.

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Gef Lie
Gef Lie
1 week ago
Kishore mahbubani is always the best!  God bless him

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Badger
Badger
2 weeks ago (edited)
The cliche about America’s course correction is funny. The same argument can be used on China much more effectively. China indeed fked up initially, but once it realised that the virus is more serious than they thought, they immediately shut down Wuhan. Did several rounds of investigation, fired the provincial party secretary, the provincial governor and the Wuhan Party Secretary. The mayor of Wuhan had to go on TV to answer questions on what stopped him from responding quickly. The media also did a lot of soul searching on the treatment of Li Wenliang and remembered him as a national hero. Then the focus was all on how to sort out the virus. If you talk about course correction, this is the quickest correction one can see at such a scale. These all happened in a matter of a week or two (Li Wenliang was awarded a bit later). Let’s wait for the US government to search all the corners for excuses and see when it will properly face it’s own incompetence. One can argue that delivering a long term course correction with smaller but quick steps would be less painful and saves lives. The Chinese believe that longer pain is not as good as shorter pain and lives matter. Not only one individual life matter. 100,000 lives also matter.

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Fu Gordon
Fu Gordon
2 weeks ago
两边都很biased，好没意义的一期辩论

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Esthy Ewody
Esthy Ewody
4 days ago
The pro-Americans talk like America’s development is complete. This country is in deep trouble with poor infrastructures, a bankrupt school system and a corrupted government.