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After the Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith returned from China in late 1973, he wrote about
how a senior Chinese leader lit a match in front of the American visitor and let the match burn down. The host told his guest that while the ancient Chinese invented gunpowder, they failed to harness its full potential.See the full content of this document
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Deconstructing China's Self-Image
The lesson is well-known among China's many nationalists irate over the aggression China suffered after Japan and the West mastered modern warfare. What was the Chinese leader communicating? That national power is the prerequisite for self-defense or for domination?
In "How China's Leaders Think," Robert La...See the full content of this document
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