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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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I want to be America's Margaret Thatcher. I will be the next Iron Lady.
— Michele Bachmann
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But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across…
— George H. W. Bush
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Margaret Thatcher was the first political leader in any major country to warn of the dangers of climate change
— Ed Miliband
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Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's…
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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Margaret Thatcher was a pioneer, willingly or unwillingly, for the role of women in politics,
— Meryl Streep
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When England was a kingdom, we had a king. When we were an empire, we had an emperor. Now we're a country,…
— Kenny Everett
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Going to bed with Gertrude Stein, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Susan Sontag, or Margaret Thatcher: There are some things one prefers neither to do…
— Edward Abbey
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I had to live and breathe Margaret Thatcher for a few months. I totally engulfed myself in her life. I read her…
— Alexandra Roach
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Do you know what Margaret Thatcher did in her first Budget? Introduced VAT on yachts! It somewhat ruined my retirement
— Edward Heath
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For 3 million you could give everyone in Scotland a shovel, and we could dig a hole so deep we could hand…
— Frankie Boyle
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John Redwood is a young man but, let's face it, so was Margaret Thatcher in 1975.
— Edward Leigh
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Margaret Thatcher has shown that there is power and dignity to be won by defying the status quo and the majority rather…
— Christopher Hitchens
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