Distinguished Singapore researcher Kishore Mahbubani called on the West to learn to work with China rather than to try to suppress China in a recent interview with CGTN, China’s global TV network.

Kishore Mahbubani, a fellow at the Asia Research Institute of the National University of Singapore, pointed out that some Western media outlets have long framed China's development primarily through the lens of "threat". He argued that what truly deserves vigilance is not China's development itself, but the cognitive bias in how Western societies assess their own judgments.

"Western media often suggests 'what a surprise that China is doing so well, its economy is growing. This is not real.' But what many in the Western media forget is that at the end of the day, China still represents the world's oldest continuous civilization. China has led the world in so many phases of human history. So, the return of China today as one of the most successful societies in the world is a perfectly natural development," he said.

China has prepared itself for major growth.

"Please don't expect the Chinese economy to collapse. Please don't expect the Chinese economy to peak. Instead, with all the investment that China has already made in its infrastructure, in its scientific innovation capabilities, and in its people, with all these investments, China has already prepared itself for another major growth spurt. And that's what the major Western media should look out for," he said.

The West should collaborate with China, as China's growth and its affordable products benefit the global economy, he added.

"Instead of focusing on China as a threat, the West should see that China's economic growth and development is in many ways advancing the human condition. By creating better products, cheaper products, more fulfilling products, China is actually doing the global economy a favor. And the West should learn to work with China rather than to try to suppress China," he said.