“You can never be China’s friend”

China is a rapidly growing danger the West has yet to fully comprehend. Do the US and Europe stand a chance against the Red Dragon? Asia specialist and distinguished columnist, David P. Goldman (a.k.a “Spengler”), is convinced we do. But, he warns: the clock is ticking.

He was a phantom among journalists, using the mysterious nom de plume, “Spengler.” Like his German philosopher namesake, the cultural critic returned again and again to his despairing theories of the decline of the West.
"Spengler’s” work drew from a deep and rich intellectual pool. And since the herald has revealed his true identity, we learn why. David P. Goldman — philosopher, economist, mathematician, and musicologist — is a Renaissance man. A former investment banker for the Bank of America and Credit Suisse, the American is known for his widely read column for Forbes magazine and Asia Times Online.

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