What happens if China becomes number one in the world?

CA What happens if China becomes number one in the world? 31,688 views •Oct 21, 2014 250 22 Share Save cftni 1.89K subscribers TNI Editor Jacob Heilbrunn speaks with Dean Kishore Mahbubani. 60 Comments augustin tio Add a public comment... physika physika 2 years ago There is a fundamental difference between how the West describes China's progress and how China describes themselves. The West tends to use the words ' Rise of China ' but China tends to use the words ' Revivial of China '. The former sounds threatening to some extent while the latter states that China is merely assuming its original pre-1820 position which is a major power long before any Western countries became a major power. 20 Stephen Yang Stephen Yang 2 years ago America need to review world history and see China becoming the leading nation in its place. Chinese leaders have to have passed rigorous decades of superior achievements in politics and governance, and by the way many were trained as engineers, not lawyers. 8 The future is Unity The future is Unity 2 years ago There is something fundamentally wrong with the west seeing Freedom as the no.1 value. If you study Maslow hierarchy of needs, you will realize that Freedom in western sense i.e democracy and freedom of speech falls under the need of esteem and esteem is less important than the basic physiological and safety needs. Its ludicrous for people to think that forcing democracy on a country where people are poor, uneducated and suffering to suddenly come together voting for a common cause, much less a progressive and prosperous future. More often than not, the freedom given without responsibility would be abused for personal gains. If you study history, you will realize that there has never been a single country that was democratic before it complete industrialization or became fully developed, not even the west. Its only when people have their physiological and safety needs secured, would they stop their barbaric ways, start to communicate, trade and foster relationships. As Lee Kuan Yew once said, democracy is the result of prosperity, not the cause of it. The Chinese will undoubtedly gain more freedom as they progress and grow more prosperous. Unfortunately, third world countries that adopted democracy continually bath themselves in chaos, where corrupted politicians manipulate the system to settle an annuity for themselves, causing the people and the country inability to progress. 22 Lee Huck Tee Lee Huck Tee 2 years ago Lawyers are usually not practical and engineers are definitely more practical, so may more engineers arise to join politic. 8 Florino Avila Florino Avila 1 year ago China is rising because they are adopting many ways of the West, not all but ways that are tried and true. Some degree of free enterprise, some degree of property ownership, some degree of freedom that contribute to their economic well being. Does it really matter whether a nation is number one, two or three? What is an ideal nation anyway? 3 imli jamirr imli jamirr 1 year ago America is in a trade war with China now because America does not want to be the no2 but the words are coming true... 8 Lam Par Lam Par 3 years ago (edited) Like the rest of number one in the past, throw its weight around. Nothing to worry , go to sleep, you will not be harm. 3 Tony Tony 4 months ago Perhaps we took a different path, war. manifest 73 manifest 73 1 year ago The US is delusional 4 Kjcity 55 Kjcity 55 5 months ago I m all for China to be number one , US is too bossy and bullying small countries telling them do's and don't .We are tired of such behavioural attitude and always in cloud nine . 1 KR K KR K 3 years ago 主持人似乎想插入些幽默元素…但嘉宾不买单… NIKOLASAVE NIKOLASAVE 5 years ago What happens When (not if) China becomes number one in the world? 3 yxng txny yxng txny 5 months ago it already is number 1 Park Tech Park Tech 1 month ago Kishore’s explanation very clearly acknowledges the momentum of Asia (especially China). Many other Asian countries may side with the western world because they earn USD in the form of salaries working in those countries. China does business and earns its money so a very different and a Formidable opponent.. Asia is blessed to have a country like China to lead the future !! Poornakumar Das Poornakumar Das 1 year ago America in No.2 position? So what? It is not No.9 or No.10 position. No country can remain in No.1 position for long in the days to come. There will be no two lists - Nominal GDP (in US$) terms & GDP- PPP. There will be one GDP list. 4 creatbear creatbear 2 months ago Not Singapore, it will be Shanghai. Julien Sorel Julien Sorel 1 year ago This guy talks about western wishful thinking after claiming that, his country, Singapore will be the center of the world this century.. his unawareness of his own wishful thinking is unbelievable Victor Chong Victor Chong 1 year ago Americans: R E E E E E E 漢仔 漢仔 5 years ago No 1 in economy , but definitely not in military. 1 her paradox her paradox 1 year ago And in the view of history, no communist/socialist country has survived long. Most has already been overthrown. 1 Joe Ching Joe Ching 5 years ago the robotics and other technical innovations must be based on software automation technology in the ROBACUS package that used computer intelligence and software robot to allow collective programming and knowledge accumulation and shared uses. Jun Zhang Jun Zhang 2 years ago For the most part of last 2000 years ,China was always No 1 in GDP and population. 7 Yang Zhenjen Yang Zhenjen 2 years ago China is a great confucian society the world most benign nation. 2 Subramanian Mani Subramanian Mani 2 years ago where India stands?I am afraid it is still depends upon USA Sridhar Kaushik Sridhar Kaushik 2 years ago Is China's reemergence going to be painful or painless to itself and to the world? That will determine if China will be successful. Right now, it seems to threaten the world order. At least that is the perception in the West. It also lays claim over a number of Islands in South China Sea, some part of India even! This does not inspire confidence. Gordon Sek Gordon Sek 2 years ago WHEN CHINA BECOMES WORLD NO.1, COUNTRIES WHICH SMART PARTNER WITH CHINA WILL HAVE PEACE, PROSPERITY, SECURITY AND SUCCESS FOR HER PEOPLES her paradox her paradox 1 year ago So here’s someone who’s neither Chinese nor American talking about both countries like he knows what’s going on. 1 misterjag misterjag 1 year ago As long as wealthy Chinese would sooner leave than stay, China won't be the envy of the world.