China's threat to US is 'exaggerated,' historian Niall Ferguson says

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Historian Niall Ferguson, senior fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford, discusses the rivalry between the United States and China and the outlook for American foreign policy under President-elect Joe Biden from the UBS Virtual European Conference.

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Judging by the comments, it looks like Niall hit a nerve.

Ragerian

In 1950, we bombed North Korea/China, 1954 bombed Guatemala, 1958 bombed Indonesia, 1959 bombed Cuba, 1960 bombed Guatemala, 1964 bombed Kongo, 1964 bombed Laos, 1961 bombed Vietnam, 1969 bombed Cambodia, 1967 bombed Guatemala, 1982, Granada, 1983 bombed Lebanon, 1986 bombed Libya, 1980 bombed Ecuador, 1980 bombed Nicaragua, 1987 bombed Iran, 1989 bombed Panama, 1991 bombed Iraq, 1991 bombed Kuwait, 1993 bombed Somalia, 1994 bombed Bosnia, 1998 bombed Sudan, 1998 bombed Afghan, 1990 bombed Yugoslavia, 2002 bombed Yemen, 1991 bombed Iraq, 2003 bombed Iraq, 2011 bombed Afghan, 2007 bombed Pakistan, 2008 bombed Somalia, 2009 bombed Yemen, 2011 bombed Libya, 2014 bombed Syria.
But we are very concerned about China threatening the world.

hdlim

I think the biggest underestimation is just how great the risk of political and economic centralization is in the US.

derkguez

Without a fictional enemy, we can't progress, can we?

inglam

Another Gordon Chang but more hypocritical

sctan

Wow the Winnie the Pooh bots are out in force in these comments. Gotta keep up your social credit score?

JXY

If a person is nervously worried and conjectured for a long time, then there may be mental problems; if a country talks about the “threat” of other countries in this way every day, then it is likely to encounter trouble in its own development.

kshen

Asia is writing their own rules. If the WEST wants to do business in Asia, they have to follow Asian rules. You want to trade in Asia? Go study RCEP first. Gone are the days where rules are dictated by the WEST. Be it, the US, EU or the UK, all are a shadow of their former self. Plenty of puffery from Niall Ferguson but I suppose such hubris is good. It breeds complacency. While the west continues to talk down to the east, they may slowly realize that there's no audience. We are forging ahead on our own the ASIAN way.

oterenceo

"Cheap medical equipment that no one bought" LMAO I bet you he has a dozen boxes of Made in China masks stacked in his garage.

inglam

Ask US to compete and not use underhand tactics against China.

wanalan

the biggest problem for the US is the reserve currency situation. we dont really know what would happen w/- it. we dont know if it can be lost or will be lost soon. We know the trade deficit is a big threat and its been going on for a long time. We dont know the size of the expected assault on shale and arms export from biden. its not impossible to see a 30% drop in US Dollar value. 40% is called a currency crisis.

aukk

Ferguson is always on the money, excellent historian and thinker. Great documentaries, albeit he does a have a slight bias to the West his home turf.

jooky

Definitely, Anglo-Saxon's empire on which the sun never sets is still alive, just like 200 years ago. Niall is living there and the history in his eyes already ended.

marleocjsdjostcte

Geopolitics is 80% complicated.
Common Goals like Climate Change, Electric car, Making money, Super heroes, Music, Sports, Soccer, Olympics, are things that UNITE the world. Good vs Evils.

Rayxnyc

Can't believe he is a senior fellow of a renowned institution. I think he just got out of a coma and doesn't know a thing that is happening to the world. Another Gordon Chang type of thinking.

andreen

Welcome to Fantasy Island! A place where you are free to pipe-dream.

JKSelama

Too bad that Ferguson expressed a bias view about China that she has lost a favorable position in the world, he has to listen to the economists and investors from Europe and USA. USA and Europe are looking more towards Asia and particularly to China for business cooperation. ASEAN + 5 conference will be held soon in Vietnam and the 15 nations are going to sign the RECEP agreement on free trade in Asia. So, what unfavorable position is Ferguson is talking about?

cklam

this is dangerous youtube should remove this immediately

ryandarrah

Umm... being a China expert doesn't mean you comprehend the impact of technological innovation.

funkknob

silly president and silly people in the western world

sudan

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