Why are the Olympics So Important to China?

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/27/Asia_Advice_for_the_Next_American_President

Singaporean author and diplomat Kishore Mahbubani explains the importance of the 2008 Summer Olympics to the Chinese national psyche.

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Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani in conversation with Vishakha N. Desai on U.S. Policy Towards Asia: An Asian Leader’s Advice for the Next American President.

The next President of the United States will face a much different world than in decades past. The spectacular rise of China and India - economically, politically, militarily, and culturally - are creating new realities across the region that have not yet been fully factored in to America's foreign policy. Many in Asia believe that America's policy leaders have not yet formulated a coherent strategy for how the US should engage with the world's most vibrant and fast growing region.

Please join us as noted foreign policy expert, Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani, shares his "advice" to the next President on US involvement in Asia. - Asia Society

Kishore Mahbubani served as Singapore’'s Ambassador to the United Nations from 1984 to 1989 - and again from 1998 to 2004. In January 2001 and May 2002, he was the President of the U.N. Security Council.

After serving in the Singapore Foreign Ministry for 33 years, Mr. Mahbubani became Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore in August 2004.

Mr. Mahbubani is the author of two books, Can Asians Think? - and the just published Beyond The Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust Between America and the World.

Mr. Mahbubani received a Masters degree in Philosophy in 1976 from Dalhousie University, Canada and an honorary doctorate in 1995. He also served as a fellow at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University from 1991 to 1992 - and received the Foreign Policy Association Medal in New York in June 2004.

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[tubeserenity]

Yeah, China did an awesome job in Olympics.

[WorldInFlamesAgain]

How pathetic are the USA signing up foreign athletes to try and stop China topping the medals table.

[Hanul91]

China, Korea, and Japan are at top 10 in Olympics.

[betalover1]

Yes, points well made.

Also there was the faith that countries, like SK and Japan, after hosting the O Games will be more prosperous.

Tension does not imply conflict with the USA. Tension can be managed.

[kobenbagreat]

well the native americans have there reservations and are citizens of the United States of America!

[bollyballboy]

@kobenbagreat

Why doesn't America and Canada return the land to the First Nations and Native Americans?

[kobenbagreat]

@stealthpakfa

ok tell me how many countries the US has "Ruled" in the past 200 years i can only think of one Phillipines but we gave it back. so tell me which source says the US killed 1 billion ppl. U terriorists are coming up with some funky shit now a days!!!

[stealthpakfa]

america IS imperialist.

it invades other small nations, rapes all the women and children, murders them, then burn theur bodies to hide the evidence so the international community never finds out.

america is a barbaric human butchering machine.

america was founded by a group of murderous thugs and not its run by a group of fascist terrorists.

america has murdered 1 billion humans since 1900.

US has invaded every nation and killed its local population so US soldiers can eat human flesh.

[kobenbagreat]

@stealthpakfa

its because of america that imperialism ended you retard!

[stealthpakfa]

iraq and afghan is puppet government. its a USA puppet.

democracy is america's word for colonization.

[kobenbagreat]

@stealthpakfa

ur retarded how the fuck are u gona say there was a military Gov. when Afganistan, and Iraq just had a general election the only country in that region that has the military run things is Pakistan. Fucking retard

[stealthpakfa]

ur military presence there means that military is running the country.

dont even talk about that cia puppet government installed.