From Tokyo to Dubai, the rise of Asia-- Good or bad for public transport?

摘要

Return, not Rise Professor Mahbubani started by highlighting that Asian economies are set to become the largest world economies by 2050, with China and India overtaking the United States. He pointed out that this shift in power is more accurately described as the return of Asia than the rise of Asia; indeed, it signals a return to the historical norm - China and India were the world's leading economies from the year 1 to 1820. The past 200 years of Western domination of world history have therefore been a mere historical aberration. The end of Western domination does not however mean the end of the West; it is instead a return to the historical norm.