China’s highly important global media outlet, CGTN, asked me for my comments immediately after the two foreign ministers spoke on Saturday, February 14, 2026. The contrast could hardly have been bigger.
The audience gave Marco Rubio a standing ovation for his exclusive Western perspective, and many left the room after that – ignoring the Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi’s soft-spoken speech with a global or macro perspective.
Westerners seem to believe they have nothing to learn – but their time for teaching the world has also run out.
Be this as it may, here is what came out of it
