China and the West: crossroads of civilisation. Issue 4 (1st October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nolan, Peter
• Is Part Of: Journal of Chinese economic and business studies. Volume 18:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 273
• Page End: 287
• Publication Date: 2020-10-01
• Subjects: China -- The West -- human civilisation; China -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 330.951
• DOI: 10.1080/14765284.2020.1833283
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1476-5284

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Human civilisation stands at crossroads. There are urgent global challenges that need to be confronted, including destruction of the natural environment; climate change; inequality of income, wealth and life chances; industrial concentration and regulation of the financial system. Looming above all of these is the issue of how to avoid a 'Clash of Civilisations' and a New Peloponnesian War. Only by looking deep into the past can one better understand the possible direction that the long-term evolution of world civilisation might take. The relationship between China and the West will play a central role in the path that humanity follows in the decades and centuries ahead.