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Martin Jacques has 77 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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The Chinese view the state, not just as an intimate member of the family ... but as the head of the family.
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For 200 years, the West has been so dominant in the world that it's not really needed to understand other cultures, other…
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We still insist, by and large, in thinking that we can understand China by simply drawing on Western experience, looking at it…
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Stuart Hall was an utterly unique figure. Although he arrived at the age of 19 from Jamaica and spent the rest of…
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The era when the United States was the dominant global power is steadily coming to an end, and it must find a…
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It remains to be seen whether the more optimistic scenario for Sino-American relations can be realised. Much rests on the shoulders of…
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Our ascendancy of the past two centuries - first Europe and then the U.S. - has bred a western-centric mentality: the West…
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China is, indeed, in so many ways, not like the West. It is not even primarily a nation state but a civilisation…
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More than 90% of Chinese believe themselves to be Han. Of course, such a vast population is derived from countless different races,…
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There are a host of ethnic minorities in China, but they often have a weak sense of identity and are relatively small…
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The two ethnic groups that remain fundamentally different from the Han Chinese - in terms of history, culture, language, religion and physical…
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The Chinese state is constructed in an entirely different way from western states. Unlike European states, for over a millennium the Chinese…
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Either the Anglo-Saxon race will possess the Pacific slope or the Mongolians will possess it. We have this day to choose... whether…
— James G. Blaine
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America is a nation that lies to itself about who and what it is. It is a nation of minorities ruled by…
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Though I like the various forms of football in the world, I don't think they begin to compare with these two great…
— John Fowles
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This is what I like, sitting at a table and watching people go by. It does something to your outlook on life.…
— Patricia Highsmith
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Death seems to provide the minds of the Anglo-Saxon race with a greater fund of amusement than any other single subject.
— Dorothy L. Sayers
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Africa is still lying ready for us, it is our duty to take it. It is our duty to seize every opportunity…
— Cecil Rhodes
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There is no English equivalent for the French word flâneur. Cassell's dictionary defines flâneur as a stroller, saunterer, drifter but none of…
— Cornelia Otis Skinner
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For the multiculturalist, white Anglo-Saxon Protestants are prohibited, Italians and Irish get a little respect, blacks are good, native Americans are even…
— Slavoj Žižek
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It is a frequently cited fact that English has two sets of words for farm animals and their corresponding meats. The living…
— Kató Lomb
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I'm suspicious that what's behind the academic call for doing away with athletic scholarships is a nostalgia for the good old days,…
— Scott MacDonald
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In recent years a new International System has been developing, oriented toward the establishment of norms and principles of universal jurisdiction, above…
— Vicente Fox
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Anglo-Saxon barbarians. Arthur should have been made a Knight
— William W. Johnstone
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