Differences among civilizations can lead to benefits instead of clashes
China DailyPhoto taken on Oct 28, 2021 shows the White House in Washington, DC, the United States. However, Samuel Huntington, an American scholar of international relations, predicted that future conflicts would be cultural, the clashes along the fault lines among civilizations would become a norm of world conflicts, and minor ones may escalate into regional or even world wars without proper control. Again, he predicted that future conflicts would be between the West and the rest, and the clashes between the West and Chinese and Islamic civilizations, in particular, would be inevitable. Huntington's fault lies in that he just sees the negative aspect of differences among civilizations but fails to perceive their positive side. Even some countries within these civilizations, such as Japan and Korea, who have shown a strong inclination and determination for their cultural conversion, are just doomed to be convenient allies of the West and would never be truly accepted, for they are "outsiders."
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