As the US Gradually Abdicates Its Power, We Begin to Realize How Much China Has Done for the World

American influence in global affairs is waning. US president Donald Trump’s isolationist and protectionist “America First” ideology has opened up a global leadership void that China will move into, argues Zhu Yunhan – a professor at National Taiwan University – during a talk given at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. The transcript reads like a list of China’s accomplishments; Zhu’s speech would have benefited from additional discussion of what kind of a leader China may become and which areas of global responsibility it may shirk. Still, getAbstract recommends this article to those interested in global power shifts in the international trade arena.