“The belief that China is a global power is widespread, understandable, and wrong.”
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“Specifically, Vietnam's leadership has been characterized by a stalemate among its top leaders,”
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“It’s sometimes said that if you send a boy to school, you educate a man; if you send a girl to school, you educate a village.”
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“Instead, Deng Xiaoping and his allies, who were no less self-interested than their rivals but who had different interests and political objectives, defeated their powerful opponents in the Communist Party and masterminded a political revolution of sorts, radically changing the leadership and direction of the party.”
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“the rule of law is not the same as rule by law.”
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