"Each [United States and China] assumes its national values to be both unique and of a kind to which other peoples naturally aspire. Reconciling the two versions of exceptionalism is the deepest challenge of the Sino-American relationship."
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Friday, January 14, 2011
Quote of the week
This is from Henry Kissinger's piece in today's WaPo on US-Chinese Relations.
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