Singaporean scholar urges U.S.-China cooperation for reviving global economy amid pandemic – World

HONG KONG, May 13 (Xinhua) — A renowned Singaporean scholar on Thursday called on the United States to stop its geopolitical contest against China and said the only way to jumpstart the global economy reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic is cooperation between the world’s two largest economies. During an online forum organized by think tank Our Hong Kong Foundation (OHKF), Kishore Mahbubani, a distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore, said U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration should end the trade war with China initiated by former U.S. President Donald Trump. The United States should…