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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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We barely have time to react in this world, let alone rehearse.
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We barely missed killing Bin Laden. There were numerous findings issued by the President to kill him. We rolled up terrorist cells.…
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However, the economics of our business continued to deteriorate. We barely escaped bankruptcy a year ago, and in the aftermath of that…
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We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower…
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Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice.
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I mourn my old life here. We barely scraped by, but I knew where I fit in, I knew what my place…
— Suzanne Collins
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How can we call death-about which we know nothing- the opposite of life, when we barely comprehend life itself?
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I don't know how much time passes with us just lying there, just feeling that the other is really there, really true,…
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I wanted to tell you that I just--I miss you. And maybe that sounds ridiculous--like we barely know each other, but between…
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We barely have enough time to figure out who we are and then we become bitter and isolated as we age.
— Douglas Coupland
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The fact that television and tourism have made the whole world accessible has created the illusion that we enjoy intimate knowledge of…
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Most of us pass our lives never once laying eyes on our own organs, the most precious and amazing things we own.…
— Mary Roach
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