This is Kishore Mahbubani’s argument in his book The Great Convergence. But the harmony stemming from the encounter between different cultures and systems is nowhere near –&#160;and will not be as long as the rule of law has not taken hold in the emerging world and a culture of modesty has not made headway within the plural West.
一些分析家安慰说，亚洲和西方关系的缓和是可能的，因为西方民主和专制的儒家是共生关系。马凯硕（Kishore Mahbubani）在其著作《大分歧》（The Great Convergence）中如是说。但源自不同文化和体系碰撞的和谐离我们仍十分遥远——只要新兴国家不建立法治精神，西方国家不接受中庸之道，和谐就无法实现。