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George Yeo interprets the West's anxiety through the five stages of grief

Former Singaporean Foreign Minister George Yeo draws on the psychological theory of the five stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance – to explain the West's anxiety over China's rise. He suggests the West is currently in the bargaining stage and must still pass through depression and acceptance before it can become objective enough to assess China's advance clinically rather than emotionally.

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