THE QUESTION
In his recent PostGlobal blog post, "The Ugly Chinese," commentator John Pomfret says the world's perception of China isn't as rosy as it used to be. Do you see China as a threat? Why? Why not?
Posted by Lauren Keane on May 6, 2008 10:24 AM
FROM THE PANEL
Former Washington-based columnist for The Hong Kong Standard, The New York Sun, and Insight on the News, an online weekly published by The Washington Times. Covered economic and political relations between the United States and East Asia, with an emphasis on China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Former chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists' Association. Currently a business executive at a Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong.
China's Fall From Grace No Surprise
It's really extraordinary for knee-jerk anti-American Europeans to view the Middle Kingdom as more dangerous than the Great Satan.
Kin-ming Liu Hong Kong |
133 COMMENTSMay 6, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Bashir Goth is a veteran journalist, freelance writer, the first Somali blogger and editor of a leading news website. He is also a regular contributor to major Middle Eastern and African newspapers and online journals.
The Affordable Chinese
China has become the only open market for small African and Asian businessmen.
Bashir Goth Somalia/UAE | 4 COMMENTSMay 6, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Miklós Vámos is a Hungarian novelist, screenwriter and talk show host. He is one of the most read and respected writers in his native Hungary. He has taught at Yale University on a Fulbright fellowship, served as The Nation’s East European correspondent, worked as consultant on the Oscar-winning film Mephisto, and presented Hungary’s most-watched cultural television show. Vámos has received numerous awards for his plays, screenplays, novels and short stories, including the Hungarian Merit Award for lifetime achievement. The Book of Fathers is considered his most accomplished novel and has sold 200,000 copies in Hungary.
China's Rise Doesn't Equal a Threat
China's rise shouldn't threaten the rest of the world.
Miklos Vamos Budapest, Hungary | 0 COMMENTSMay 6, 2008 at 9:41 AM
Dr. Ali Ettefagh serves as a director of Highmore Global Corporation, an investment company in emerging markets of Eastern Europe, CIS, and the Middle East. He is the co-author of several books on trade conflict, resolution of international trade disputes, conflicts in letters of credit, trade-related banking transactions, sovereign debt, arbitration and dispute resolutions and publications specific to the oil and gas, communication, aviation and finance sectors. Dr. Ettefagh is a member of the executive committee and the board of directors of The Development Foundation, an advisor to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, and an advisor to a number of European companies. Dr. Ettefagh speaks Persian (Farsi), English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic and Turkish.
China No Different Than the Rest of Us
The rest of the world is not in a position to stop, disarm or influence China with threats of force, sanctions, or a rerun of the Cold War.
Ali Ettefagh Tehran, Iran | 13 COMMENTSMay 5, 2008 at 4:29 PM
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