Can China’s ‘community of shared future’ grow amid Malaysia’s internal trust deficit?

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s concept of a “community of shared future” seeks to advance the good of humankind, and Malaysia is emerging as a testing ground and a cautionary tale of the challenges awaiting such a grand endeavour. Indeed, the Malaysian experience bears a stark caveat: unless the Malay Muslim and Chinese Confucian communities’ trust deficit is overcome, the vision may remain aspirational. Islam and Confucianism share what the German philosopher Karl Jaspers referred to as the…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3096194/can-chinas-community-shared-future-grow-amid-malaysias-internal