I don't think at this stage the problems of China, the threat is to either Western Europe or indeed to the United States in the political sense. I think the main threat of China at the moment actually is to its neighbors, to its Asian neighbors. What Europe does is relatively insignificant, because we do not have the military capability in the Far East that would make a profound difference. Do you still think the Western world can to some work with China in terms of develop economies and trade and globalization? Well, it seems like the Western world likes to impose their democratic system to seems like everyone should be kind of following the same system. Is that a right way to say a way of lowering different
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 Beijing-born Professor of Economics at the LSE Keyu Jin; politician and former cabinet minister Sir Malcolm Rifkind; and Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at the FT. The event was chaired by Carrie Gracie, BBC News Presenter and the BBC’s first China Editor.
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