Image: China's President Xi Jinping (C) attends the bilateral meeting with President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 31 August 2018. Roman Pilipey/Pool via Reuters
Asia Times: ‘You can never be China’s friend’: Spengler
Asia specialist and distinguished columnist David P Goldman is convinced the US and Europe stand a chance against the Red Dragon – but the clock is ticking
He was a phantom among journalists, using the mysterious nom de plume, “Spengler.” Like his German philosopher namesake, the cultural critic returned again and again to his despairing theories of the decline of the West.
The work of “Spengler” drew from a deep and rich intellectual pool. And since the herald has revealed his true identity, we learn why. David P Goldman – philosopher, economist, mathematician and musicologist – is a Renaissance man. A former investment banker for the Bank of America and Credit Suisse, the American is known for his widely read column for Forbes magazine and Asia Times.
Dutch writer Leon de Winter crowns Goldman’s work as “among the most interesting in the world.”
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WNU Editor: A must read interview with David P Goldman (Spengler) on China.
Update: Here is another good commentary on China .... How China Loses Friends and Alienates People (Minxin Pei, Project Syndicate).
4 comments:
I see PRC having a Yugo ending rather than a USSR one. Too many unsettled divisions.
If Fredo was one-one millionth as smart as Spengler, he would be awesome.
Interesting interview.
https://www.businessinsider.com/muslim-woman-describes-horrors-of-chinese-concentration-camp-2019-10
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