{"id":133729,"date":"2023-04-14T14:55:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T21:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=133729"},"modified":"2023-04-14T14:55:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T21:55:39","slug":"kishore-mahbubani-western-ignorance-of-chinas-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2023\/04\/14\/kishore-mahbubani-western-ignorance-of-chinas-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Kishore Mahbubani &#8211; Western ignorance of China&#8217;s history"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Senaka Weeraratna<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kishore Mahbubani - Western ignorance of China&#039;s history\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/itPT40NAqrg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kishore Mahbubani PPA is a Singaporean diplomat and geopolitical consultant who served as Singapore&#8217;s Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 1984 and 1989, again between 1998 and 2004, and as President of the United Nations Security Council between 2001 and 2002.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kishore_Mahbubani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born:&nbsp;October 24, 1948 (age 74&nbsp;years),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1RLNS_enLK975LK975&amp;sxsrf=APwXEdcOFwAVcq7IbPaeRAhZbf1eieR5qA:1681383958736&amp;q=Colony+of+Singapore&amp;si=AMnBZoEofOODruSEFWFjdccePwMH96ZlZt3bOiKSR9t4pqlu2EufC3EUpgIg7mfFsmXXq_8UBQmIjZ_1CyApfrppE-oNQaHsxRl_1YQppowXGE5nxoAKhTQnWG42Nv8qk6zlRp2kPjgS4kBFL5Kvjv2J_vSR3AKWehFthl8Dcm2AzBQ8GjA28LHVLdvtpyMrZIGSTHd7xnsjigoITQjXGnkapiNPpyEuQg%3D%3D&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjikd2s26b-AhWm3jgGHR5KCXMQmxMoAHoECDgQAg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colony of Singapore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Education:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1RLNS_enLK975LK975&amp;sxsrf=APwXEdcOFwAVcq7IbPaeRAhZbf1eieR5qA:1681383958736&amp;q=Harvard+University&amp;si=AMnBZoFk_ppfOKgdccwTD_PVhdkg37dbl-p8zEtOPijkCaIHMucNVPyJRxzB7IzW4lvG4_otVFw1PuILZZIZuYQQeOb6h8e0zM0UsxZCgdm5NDeqivz3irpjJnQBG0DA8tKPwogwPYnWwOKYQBq0Z1oFPLmhinXqx9b5_DR1Uga-rIvZsd9DrkiXzYZwSlZYQSYM0O8c3FxB3IB-Ps17-IOhpMfDiWd-LMDhWW_luf8-10LCkW59gUb1s3Sn2vYdXSG5UJqA6zKTWikc4IMRE2KkQe9-sv_JFw%3D%3D&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjikd2s26b-AhWm3jgGHR5KCXMQmxMoAHoECDcQAg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harvard University<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1RLNS_enLK975LK975&amp;sxsrf=APwXEdcOFwAVcq7IbPaeRAhZbf1eieR5qA:1681383958736&amp;q=National+University+of+Singapore&amp;si=AMnBZoEofOODruSEFWFjdccePwMH96ZlZt3bOiKSR9t4pqlu2BD08j9WkM1mnUQMUJNLjE1Vm6eVs5JMCDNb1CbdCxd9dJyNJSlpFoFqEc7YEKJZfJp0ZSjDdhE6GKPnHOQYETKHN56z20PAmMYtscmaH9yLjjPI86gnisQB6D4G3kNHNu2WynLl8K6r5V-e_WPC0vMbJaUnlWYQyGk21gDH2FoB0unyO9GMooJ8NjZRn0ylr9RIB6Hfomhtc-0wvulgi-yV_TeG2t3uLy7X33acR1Mv40ULbsAmR7DItjshzT3TbZ35Av4%3D&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjikd2s26b-AhWm3jgGHR5KCXMQmxMoAXoECDcQAw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National University of Singapore<\/a>,&nbsp;<a>MORE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previous offices:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1RLNS_enLK975LK975&amp;sxsrf=APwXEdcOFwAVcq7IbPaeRAhZbf1eieR5qA:1681383958736&amp;q=&amp;si=AMnBZoG3cRyxvViEiVWeqgrn-CuWcnxp6_6_G7EH225wAKYHQnxZ3aOE5ejmi65EJ8iBxEsgbhCekbQSWj-_yJaZs7r8kNbZLO6TfM-KIkQ92zkqPNWtp7di0BpcX_cJFkhxXILwVbHKr7otV7X8qC0cdarB6-c4Zkq3x9oVQ8XvQR22FUo9fWuAHYc9i7Zf37OphQSYdK3C8IPMBYBreyqaNGS7ZPhh71dKyggyWmvhtuQDSVBQ_fVy4us7lKeHds7l7r2wSy5K&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjikd2s26b-AhWm3jgGHR5KCXMQmxMoAHoECDIQAg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President of the United Nations Security Council<\/a>&nbsp;(2001\u20132002),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1RLNS_enLK975LK975&amp;sxsrf=APwXEdcOFwAVcq7IbPaeRAhZbf1eieR5qA:1681383958736&amp;q=kishore+mahbubani+previous+offices&amp;stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAOPgE-LUz9U3sDAtS6vS0s5OttJPzy9LLcrLTc0r0S_Iz8ksyUzOTMyzKihKLcvMLy1WKMgvBorl5y1iVcrOLM7IL0pVyE3MSCpNSszLVICryk9Ly0xOLQYA3d0uSV8AAAA&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjikd2s26b-AhWm3jgGHR5KCXMQ44YBKAF6BAgyEAM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MORE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nationality:&nbsp;Singaporean<br>Ignorance and Distortion of History are major challenges for people of former European colonies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vatican has publicly apologized for helping European colonizers in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2puEHhvMVkw\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/2puEHhvMVkw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vatican \u201cApologises\u201d For Helping European Colonisers | Vantage with Palki Sharma\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2puEHhvMVkw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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