China versus the West, Confucianism in a velvet glove

A giant screen transmits images of Chinese President Xi Jinping attending via video link the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Heads of State Council meeting in Beijing, China July 4, 2023 - REUTERS/TINGSHU WANG

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18 de junio de 2025 (15:30 h.)

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Despite the measured tone of this message to the West, it is clear that China believes that the West, led by the United States, is in an inexorable and inevitable process of decomposition and decline since the implosion of the USSR

Gustavo de Arístegui, diplomat, ambassador and member of parliament for the Popular Party, discussed China and Asia's growth relative to the West through the Eastern philosophy of Confucianism and the problems this poses for the economies of Europe and the United States on El Debate on 13 March 2025.

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