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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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Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. General recognition of this fact is shown in the proverbial…
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Parkinson's First Law: Work expands to fill the time available.
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Unproductive worry - like Parkinson's proverbial law - tends to expand to fill the time available.
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Bobby Fischer started off each game with a great advantage: after the opening he had used less time than his opponent and…
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The alternate media are becoming important and viable alternatives to playing live. Records, videos, that kind of thing. They're going to start…
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I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it…
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We should recognize the reality that just because something is good is not sufficient reason for doing it. The number of good…
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Searching for money, what are you really searching? You are searching power, you are searching strength. Searching for prestige, political authority, what…
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In my experience, there are plenty of bad middle-class parents: those who put their own lives and careers before those of their…
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Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
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