“ A convergence exists in the search for human excellence on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. ”
China has no choice but to emulate the power of America’s founding ideas and its journey through the universal values of democratic freedom and individual rights.
~ Patrick Mendis
Within this historic and optimistic future in mind, I have made no value judgment of the destiny bestowed on each nation. For all this, however, leadership matters; so do the institutional structures and the system of political governance.
The United States is the result of an enlightened philosophy, China is the outcome of traditions and history.
Individual identities and national destines were shaped by the tripod of history, geography, and philosophy.
