"Our ascendancy of the past two centuries -……" — Martin Jacques
"Our ascendancy of the past two centuries - first Europe and then the U.S. - has bred a western-centric mentality: the West is the fount of all wisdom. We think of ourselves as open-minded, but our sense of superiority has closed our minds. We never entertained the idea that China could surpass the U.S."
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Martin Jacques
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76 Quotes by Martin Jacques
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