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May 26, 2011

Why China Needed bin Laden

Frank Ching, The Diplomat

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September 11 distracted the United States from China's rise. Without the attacks, China wouldn't be where it is today.

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TAGGED: Taiwan, Osama Bin Laden, United States, China, al-Qaeda, George W. Bush, Iraq, Afghanistan

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