The Belt & Road Initiative Is a Trillion-Dollar Blunder || Debate #2

CA 9+ China: Friend or Foe? 455,109 views Jul 30, 2019 3.8K 799 Share Save Intelligence Squared 433K subscribers Want to join the debate? Check out the Intelligence Squared website to hear about future live events and podcasts: http://www.intelligencesquared.com For updates about live events, join our mailing list: http://bit.ly/2G6gwKt __________________________ Is China, with its unfair trade policies and shameless theft of intellectual property, an enemy that needs to be reined in? Or is it in the West’s best interests to view China as a strategic partner and aim for mutual respect and cooperation? We were joined by Keyu Jin, Professor of Economics at LSE; Sir Malcolm Rifkind, politician and former cabinet minister; and Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at the FT The event was chaired by BBC News Presenter and the BBC’s first China Editor, Carrie Gracie. 5,109 Comments Auggie Giuseppe Add a public comment... Intelligence Squared Pinned by Intelligence Squared Intelligence Squared 1 year ago Reflecting on this debate in 2020, has your opinion on China changed? 43 terencelaoshi terencelaoshi 2 days ago Western arrogance and xenophobia always fully on display in these discussions. 4 Tito T Tito T 5 days ago The colonialist Riflkin prefers his friends to be subservient and a loyal pet. 8 MK THON MK THON 3 days ago Professor Keyu Jin Congratulation you did a very fair representations with the veterans. 👍 4 theOverseasJin theOverseasJin 11 months ago 1:09:00 he failed to realize that most of the Asian economies that are developed today were authoritarian during their development stages (Singapore, Taiwan, S. Korea). 28 C5836 C5836 1 year ago In politics there are no permanent friends or foes. China foreign policy is always to be a friend, unless refused. They will just walk away. 11 oligokid oligokid 1 year ago (edited) "I want China to do well, just not as well as us" - Donald Trump. There I just saved you 84 minutes of your life 402 Chavdar Naidenov Chavdar Naidenov 2 days ago The very question discussed is it's own answer. A partner that deliberates aloud on whether it's more profitable to be your friend or enemy, cannot be a friend. This holds not only for people, but for nations. I even begin to wonder, how much the USA can trust a partner such as the UK. 1 XX.He XX.He 3 months ago Keyu is amazing and intelligent but her argument didn’t persuade 5 wowyzaoy wowyzaoy 11 months ago (edited) 25k years since we've walked out of the jungle. yet; still the question: " should I treat my fellow human being as a friend or foe..." perhaps a global war every generation serves as the best answer. Intelligence squared? or banality quadrupled. 6 Sagan Enzenieer Sagan Enzenieer 1 year ago (edited) so i just saw another soft power example :) i stop watching the video and I need a 2-3 day pause to e able to see the remaining part of it 2 Leno F Leno F 1 year ago What about transparency such as a statement on conflict of interest? 11 forexking forexking 1 year ago Some people view life as a journey. Some view it as a competition. Some even view it as a torture or punishment. Some as a test. Some a challenge. Some as an opportunity. Then it will decide what they view others as. But losers will usually will view others as an enemy. Foe? What is a foe? What is one's biggest foe?