donderdag 1 juni 2023

the "fundamental disconnect"

 https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1664099711945691137


Extraordinarily insightful talk by John Thornton on China and its relations with the US. Truly a must-watch! Here he explains the "fundamental disconnect" between public statements that China-US is the most consequential relationship in the world and the utter lack of action to actually cultivate the relationship. For instance he says that if you asked US cabinet members the names of their Chinese counterparts, 90% of them wouldn't know the answer. Thornton is probably the single American who best knows the Chinese system. He is a personal friend of most of the Chinese leadership, including Xi Jinping. In 2003 he became the first non-Chinese full professor at Tsinghua University since the establishment of the PRC. He is also one of America's foremost business leaders, having been co-president of Goldman Sachs and seating on the boards of companies such as Ford, Intel, ICBC, China Unicom, IMG, BSkyB, DirectTV, or News Corp.
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