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Joshua Cooper Ramo on whether the US can handle the stress test of China’s rise

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Jiangtao, S. (2026, November 1). Joshua Cooper Ramo on whether the US can handle the stress test of China’s rise. South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3372879/joshua-cooper-ramo-whether-us-can-handle-stress-test-chinas-rise

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South China Morning Post · collected 2026-11-01 · by Shi Jiangtao

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Joshua Cooper Ramo discusses the challenges the United States faces as China rises in power, emphasizing the importance of cooperation between the superpowers. Ramo, former CEO of Kissinger Associates and current chairman of Sornay, reflects on his career shift from journalism to strategic advisory work, particularly his time in Beijing during the early 2000s. He explains how this experience influenced his perspective on navigating global affairs amid conflicting narratives.
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Joshua Cooper Ramo, chairman and CEO of Sornay and former CEO of Kissinger Associates, discusses in an exclusive interview whether the US can handle the challenges posed by China's rise. Ramo, who has lived in Beijing since the early 2000s and shifted from a career at Time to high-level strategic advisory work in China, emphasizes that if superpowers like the US and China cannot cooperate, global issues will remain unresolved. His new book, "Darwin’s Lock: America, China and the Shared Future of Nations," delves into the contrasting economic development models of the West and China, highlighting the importance of clear understanding amid competing narratives in international affairs.

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You moved from competitive aerobatic flying and becoming one of the youngest senior and foreign editors at Time to living in Beijing in the early 2000s, and later into high-level strategic advisory work in China and at Kissinger Associates.
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ExclusiveJoshua Cooper Ramo on whether the US can handle the stress test of China’s rise asserted
US → handle → rise
If the superpowers cannot work together, the world’s problems cannot be addressed, the ex-CEO of Kissinger Associates says asserted
CEO → work → Associates
His 2004 analysis of “the Beijing consensus” contrasted the Western and Chinese economic development models. asserted
analysis → contrast → models
He is the author of two New York Times best-selling books and now lives in Shanghai with his family. asserted
He → sell → family
You moved from competitive aerobatic flying and becoming one of the youngest senior and foreign editors at Time to living in Beijing in the early 2000s, and later into high-level strategic advisory work in China and at Kissinger Associates. asserted
You → move → Associates
Looking back, what prompted that shift? asserted
what → look → shift
How has that experience shaped your understanding of what it means to “see clearly” at a time when competing narratives increasingly define global affairs? asserted
narratives → shape → affairs
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