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Claiming Dominance, China Sheds Pretense of Peaceful Rise

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Aug 27, 2016
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There was a time when China tried hard to convince the world its rise is peaceful. That pretense was abandoned seven years ago when in the wake of Great Recession China thought its time had come to claim its place as controlling "all under heaven," or tianxia in Asia.

Like all great powers in history, China's emergence is accompanied not just by military…

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