Why America Plays Chess, But China Plays Wei Qi

Former Singapore UN Ambassador Kishore Mahbubani video with Chinese Subtitles: Why America Plays Chess, But China Plays Wei Qi (The 100-Year Strategy). While most watch the game, how many understand the game? 新加坡前聯合國大使馬凱碩視頻有中文字幕: 為何美國下象棋，而中國下圍棋（百年戰略）。多數人觀棋，然識局者幾何？

♟️ Why America Plays Chess, But China Plays Wei Qi

In this masterclass on global strategy, Kishore Mahbubani reveals the fundamental misunderstanding driving the world’s most important rivalry.

While America plays Chess—seeking decisive victories, regime change, and checkmate—China plays Wei Qi (Go), pursuing patience, encirclement, and quiet accumulation of power.

Through brilliant storytelling and decades of diplomatic insight, Mahbubani dissects the contrasting worldviews that define Washington and Beijing—and shows how America’s Cold War mindset could lead it into a strategic trap it doesn’t yet see.

In this talk, you’ll learn:
🧠 Why America’s “containment” strategy cannot work on a trading superpower
🌏 How China’s Wei Qi strategy uses trade, infrastructure, and patience to reshape the world
💼 The MPH Formula — Meritocracy, Pragmatism, and Honesty — behind China’s rise
🚫 Why forcing nations to “choose sides” is a losing move in a multipolar world
🇺🇸 How America can still win—by learning the new rules of the game

Mahbubani’s message is urgent but hopeful:

China seeks rejuvenation, not conquest.

If America learns to play the long game, both civilizations can thrive.

But if it keeps playing Chess in a Wei Qi world, everyone loses.

♟️ 為何美國下象棋，而中國下圍棋

在這場全球戰略大師課中，馬凱碩揭示了驅動世界最重要競爭的根本誤解。

美國猶如下象棋——追求決勝性勝利、政權更迭與將軍絕殺；中國卻似下圍棋，講究耐心周旋、合圍之勢與靜默積累實力。

憑藉精妙敘事與數十年外交洞察，馬凱碩剖析了華盛頓與北京截然不同的世界觀，並展現美國的冷戰思維如何將其拖入自身尚未察覺的戰略陷阱。

本講座將揭示：
🧠 為何美國的「圍堵」戰略對貿易超級大國注定失效
🌏 中國如何以圍棋思維運用貿易、基建與耐心重塑世界格局
💼 支撐中國崛起的MPH法則——任人唯賢、實事求是、誠信為本
🚫 在多極化世界中強迫各國「選邊站」為何是步敗棋
🇺🇸 美國如何通過掌握新博弈規則仍可贏得優勢

馬凱碩的警示發人深省卻飽含希望：

中國追求的是民族復興，而非征伐稱霸。

若美國學會謀篇布局，兩大文明皆可繁榮共盛。

然若繼續在圍棋局中行象棋路，終將滿盤皆輸。