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HARDtalk: Kishore Mahbubani

28/04/2008

Kishore Mahbubani

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Kishore Mahbubani is a veteran Asian diplomat. Is Asia really ready to lead the world?

Stephen Sackur interviews Kishore Mahbubani, Former Singapore Ambassador to the UN.

The United States is beset by economic woes with a credit crunch and recession looming. China on the other hand can still boast double digit growth and an orgy of construction. Is it time to acknowledge a fundamental shift in the balance of economic and political power from west to east? Kishore Mahbubani is a veteran Asian diplomat who has pinned his reputation on that very idea. But is Asia really ready to lead the world?

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