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Against Cheering A “Chinese Century”

The “American Century” sacrificed millions of people, built a comically unequal world, and planted the political seeds of its own destruction. We should not expect a Chinese version to be any better.

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May 22, 2025
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Kyle Chan has a piece in the New York Times that’s appearing in all my various chats and feeds and timelines—the first time in a while that’s happened. Op-eds simply don’t go viral anymore.

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