These 2 pics best describe Mr. Kishore Mahbubani, whom had been wrong on his analysis, assessment & public pronouncements EVERY time since 2008. Does Singapore lack others with PHD in Philosophy so much that only he is sought after, even paid lectures for his fallacious assertions?
No mortal is perfect. We all make mistakes, but to deny mistakes will only compound such even further, becoming a danger to oneself & others in society. No doubt China of 1.3 billion population with a history of 5000yrs is NO easy task to govern, but it need not be painted with a veneer of blue to sugar coat it, when beneath the thin layer of blue shine lies a clear evidence of authoritarian red that even a roadsweeper is not blind to, as those in China's COVid 19 brutal lockdowns realized now. let alone others whom are not China-born but suffered from its dominative totalitarian ambitions.
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(Pic 'borrowed' from Mr Leongsam on this thread 'An interesting observation')