--- title: "1 China Want Quotes By Graham Allison" description: "1 China Want quotes by Graham Allison. Plus more from Graham Allison and more China Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/graham-allison-43351_habits_daily-media-reports-of-china-s-aggressiv_961093.jpg" --- > [“Daily media reports of China’s “aggressive” behavior and unwillingness to accept the “international rules-based order” established by the US after World War II describe incidents and accidents reminiscent of 1914. At the same time, a dose of self-awareness is due.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-allison/daily-media-reports-of-china-s-aggressive-behavior-and-unwillingness/) [Graham Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-allison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/graham-allison-43351_habits_daily-media-reports-of-china-s-aggressiv_961093.jpg) ## More by Graham Allison > [“I am a congenital optimist about America, but I worry that American democracy is exhibiting fatal symptoms. DC has become an acronym for Dysfunctional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-allison/i-am-a-congenital-optimist-about-america-but-i-worry-that-american/) [Graham Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-allison/) > [“You know as well as we do that right is a question that only has meaning in relations between equals in power. 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At the same time, a dose of self-awareness is due. If China were “just like us” when the US burst into the twentieth century brimming with confidence that the hundred years ahead would be an American era, the rivalry would be even more severe, and war even harder to avoid. If it actually followed in America’s footsteps, we should expect to see Chinese troops enforcing Beijing’s will from Mongolia to Australia, just as Theodore Roosevelt molded “our hemisphere” to his liking. China is following a different trajectory than did the United States during its own surge to primacy. But in many aspects of China’s rise, we can hear echoes. 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