Share this Story: Conrad Black: As China looks outward, the West looks inwardConrad Black: As China looks outward, the West looks inward It may be that this Chinese challenge is fortuitous. Try refreshing your browser, or Conrad Black: As China looks outward, the West looks inward Back to videoAdvertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content It may be that this Chinese challenge is fortuitous. Only complacent countries can afford the luxury of wallowing in such ludicrously exaggerated self-loathing as much of the West now is. When a young Abraham Lincoln said that America “will either flourish as a democracy or perish by suicide,” he may, as he often did, have spoken for the Western world generally.

Source: National Post March 12, 2021 17:48 UTC