Sir Tony Blair is rallying the West to counter China’s rise as ‘the world’s second superpower’
- The former prime minister said Western powers need to build relationships with developing countries
- Sir Tony, 69, said China has caught up with the United States in technology
- He called on western nations to unite to counter the rise of China
Mister Tony Blair has urged western nations to come together to devise a strategy to counter ascension China as the “second superpower in the world”.
The former Prime Minister called for a policy opposite Beijing of “strength plus commitment” when he warned that the era of western political and economic dominance was coming to an end.
He said Western powers need to increase defense spending while expanding their “soft power” by building ties with developing countries.
At the same time, he added, they urgently need to end the “madness” in their domestic politics and restore “sanity and strategy.”
Sir Tony Blair, 69, has called on Western nations to unite to devise a strategy to counter China’s rise as the “world’s second superpower”.
On China, Sir Tony, 69, said it has already caught up with the United States in many areas of technology, while President Xi Jinping has made no secret of his ambitions to bring Taiwan back under Beijing’s rule.
At the same time, President Vladimir Putin’s “brutal and unjustified” invasion of Ukraine showed that they could no longer automatically expect major world powers to conform to accepted international norms.
