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March 13, 2012

How Would a Chinese Superpower Treat the World?

Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

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A more honest debate about the past will be an essential part of China's journey to a more open political system. A view of Chinese history that moves beyond a narrative of victimhood might also make China's rise to global power smoother.

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