China Takes on the World - After Nearly 200 Years of Foreign Humiliation
China Takes on the World
By Michael Elliott
Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007
Time Magazine, US Edition Jan 22, 2007, Vol. 169, No. 4, page 14
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1576831,00.html
“Blink for a moment and you can imagine that–as many Chinese would tell the tale–after nearly 200 years of foreign humiliation, invasion, civil war, revolution and unspeakable horrors, China is preparing for a date with destiny. “The Chinese wouldn’t put it this way themselves,” says Lieberthal. “But in their hearts I think they believe that the 21st century is China’s century.”"
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