Asian century is here to stay: Kishore Mahbubani

Singapore

THE Asian century is nigh upon us, with the inexorable march of economic powerhouses such as China, India - and to a smaller but no less significant extent, Indonesia - well underway, public policy mandarin Kishore Mahbubani said on Saturday.

And the rise of the Asian society to the pre-eminent influence of the US and Europe in past centuries is yet unassailable, said Professor Mahbubani, a former diplomat and dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, a postgraduate school at the National University of Singapore.