When elephants dance, the ants…
A MOST interesting development partly as a result of this pandemic is the rise of China and the decline of America in the world stage (The Manila Times or TMT, April 15, 2020). Each country took a different path, both captives of their own historicity, keeping faith with their political dogmas but singular in their desire for their citizens to survive; perforce that of their society and their dominant values. Their actions and decisions coming from different perspectives produced naturally disparate results. This column is a sequel to last week’s brief comparison on the behavior of two contemporary presidents, The United States’ Donald Trump and the Philippines’ Rodrigo Roa Duterte (PRRD), where the former pales in comparison to the latter. I now inject China’s President Xi Jinping into the equation (TMT, May 13, 2020).|
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