INTEGRAL WORLD MAILING LIST http://www.integralworld.net Newsletter Nr. 1.180 Amsterdam, April 16, 2024 WHY IT'S CHINA'S TURN NOW - China's rise and America's decline is less surprising when viewed in wide historical context - JAN KRIKKE In the second half of the 20th century, scholars and macrohistorians like Alvin Toffler, Francis Fukuyama and Paul Kennedy developed so-called grand narratives to predict future trends. They covered different aspects of society including ideology, technology, religion and culture. The macrohistorians used these models to predict major historical changes in economics, power relations and geopolitics. Curiously, none of them predicted that China would emerge as a challenger to US global preeminence. Read more: https://www.integralworld.net/krikke6.html