1. The economic rise of Asia’s giants is the most important story of our age which heralds the end, in the not too distant future,
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A a controlling interest in key global resources.
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2. China may play down any imperial ambitions, but it is a country with immense self-confidence and sense
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B in a web of deceit.
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3. Chinese enterprises are quietly acquiring
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C economic, diplomatic, political and cultural strategies.
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4. Its concept of ‘peaceful rising’ is the answer to US ‘soft power’ in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Central Asia, weaving together
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D of as much as five centuries of domination by the Europeans and their colonial offshoots.
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5. China’s huge investment in English, together with its promotion of Mandarin as a foreign language, must be understood in
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E of destiny and is able to play a long game.
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F this global context.
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