Global Times' note: In his book "The Asian 21st Century," Kishore Mahbubani, a former diplomat who served as Singapore's permanent representative to the United Nations and president of the UN Security Council, pointed out the biggest thing happening in the world yet no Western media would talk about it: the arrival of the Asian century.
In an exclusive interview with Global Times (GT) reporters Li Aixin, Qian Jiayin and Yu Jincui, Mahbubani shared his insights on why he believes the American century is over, the Asian century is coming and how the United States has focused on the wrong "battlefields," at the book's launch hosted by Beijing-based think tank CCG. The China-US contest will not be in military dimension; it will be in economic dimension, Mahbubani said.
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