West should learn to work with China rather than to try to suppress China: Singaporean researcher

Distinguished Singapore researcher Kishore Mahbubani called on the West to learn to work with China rather than to try to suppress China in a recent interview with CGTN, China’s global TV network.

Kishore Mahbubani, a fellow at the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore, pointed out that some Western media outlets have long framed China's development primarily through the lens of "threat". He argued that what truly deserves vigilance is not China's development itself, but the cognitive bias in how Western societies assess their own judgments.

"Western media often suggests 'what a surprise that China is doing so well, its economy is growing. This is not real.' But what many in the Western media forget is that at the end of the day, China still represents the world's oldest continuous civilization. China has led the world in so many phases of human history. So, the return of China today as one of the most successful societies in the world is a perfectly natural development," he said.

China has prepared itself for major growth.

"Please don't expect the Chinese economy to collapse. Please don't expect the Chinese economy to peak. Instead, with all the investment that China has already made in its infrastructure, in its scientific innovation capabilities, and in its people, with all these investments, China has already prepared itself for another major growth spurt. And that's what the major Western media should look out for," he said.

The West should collaborate with China, as China's growth and its affordable products benefit the global economy, he added.

"Instead of focusing on China as a threat, the West should see that China's economic growth and development is in many ways advancing the human condition. By creating better products, cheaper products, more fulfilling products, China is actually doing the global economy a favor. And the West should learn to work with China rather than to try to suppress China," he said.

West should learn to work with China rather than to try to suppress China: Singaporean researcher

Crowds of anti-war protesters took to the streets of Vancouver in Canada on Saturday to rally against the attacks launched by the United States and Israel on Iran.

At one gathering, protesters chanted the slogan "Hands off Iran" and held placards reading "No War on Iran."

Multiple anti-war organizations gathered in front of the U.S. Consulate General in Vancouver on the day, condemning the country for its operations in the Middle East that have harmed innocent civilians.

"There are groups all across Canada standing up against war on Iran today," said one protester.

Some protesters said they were shocked by the attacks and criticized the U.S. for using negotiations as a pretense for launching military attacks.

"I'm against the U.S. and Israeli intervention unprovoked into Iran. I think it was a rather shocking action to bomb a country that you're actively working on negotiations with," said a protester.

"Unfortunately, this has become a pattern for the U.S. regime to use negotiations as a pretense to lure diplomats and nations into a sense of false security. And then, in the middle of negotiations, start bombing the country. Whenever an injustice happens, whenever a child is murdered by the U.S. imperialism anywhere in the world, we feel for that child as if he or she are our family," said another protester.

The United States and Israel on Saturday launched coordinated airstrikes against Iran, with the latter responding with a series of attacks on Israel and U.S. targets across the Middle East.

Increasing casualties are reported in Iran and other countries involved in the ongoing flare-up.

Iran's state media confirmed Sunday that its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Saturday.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society said that the strikes hit at least 24 of Iran's 31 provinces, with 201 deaths and 747 injuries reported so far.

Vancouver anti-war protesters rally against US, Israeli attacks on Iran