Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy

　　毋庸置疑，21世紀地緣政治霸權不在美國，就在中國手中。而這這場美中霸權爭奪戰，是否真的勢在必行？若真的發生了，結果是否會如眾人預料？

　　現今，沒有其他國家能和美、中分庭抗禮，他們隔著一個太平洋，彼此虎視眈眈。美國以自由為傲，中國珍視從混亂中獲取的自由；美國擅於決斷，中國推崇耐心；美國成為一個難以均富的社會，中國邁向菁英政治；美國揚棄多邊主義，中國崇尚多邊主義……這場霸權爭奪戰，實已開打。

　　與北京與華府都有密切聯繫的外交官暨學者馬凱碩，繼《Has the West Lost It?》，大膽預言西方國家勢力即將衰退，而中國將取而代之後，在本書中針對兩國競爭關係中的風險，進一步提出了評估與解析。(文/博客來編譯)

A leading global public intellectual explains how, while America became arrogant and distracted, a three-thousand-year-old civilization is well on the way to becoming the number one power in the world.

The twenty-first century's great geopolitical contest has begun. A major trade war has broken out. American and Chinese naval vessels are having close encounters in the South China Sea. American congressmen and businessmen are cheering their government's public attacks on China. China is standing firm and resolute. Who will win this contest? What is at stake? And who will judge the winner?

In this book, Kishore Mahbubani evaluates the two sides, and shows how China has been thinking on a global scale, launching ambitious initiatives under some of the world's most pragmatic and competent leaders. Most critically, the Chinese people have regained their cultural confidence. Chinese society is now infused with innovation and dynamism. Meanwhile, America has seen the power of its economic model badly damaged by the 2008 financial crisis. To many it is no longer the indispensable nation but an awkward interloper.

The global rise of China and the relative strategic decline of the US presents a political challenge that the US has never faced before. American policymakers must shake off their complacency and launch a major strategic reboot of both domestic and foreign policies that have weakened the nation's social foundations and global standing. Otherwise, the start-up nation, barely two hundred and fifty years old, with only a quarter of China's population, cannot expect to defeat the world's oldest continuous civilization. With his trademark candor, Mahbubani delivers impartial and incisive insights on the strategic stakes and mistakes in this new great game.

 

Kishore Mahbubani is a veteran diplomat, student of philosophy, and celebrated author; he is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Asia Research Institute. Mahbubani is also a former President of the UN Security Council (Jan 2001, May 2002) and the Founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (2004-2017). Mahbubani writes and speaks prolifically on the rise of Asia, geopolitics and global governance. His eight books and articles in the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times and Foreign Affairs have earned him global recognition as ＂the muse of the Asian century.＂ He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in October 2019. More information can be found on www.mahbubani.net.