Renowned Singaporean scholar Kishore Mahbubani, in an interview with Channel 4 News, refuted claims by Europe and the United States that China poses a threat and that they do not know how to engage with it. He emphasized that as long as one understands and respects China's core interests, it would be easy to establish a cooperative relationship. Mahbubani also noted that the Western media's demonization of China constitutes an insult to the intelligence of the Global South.