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Exploration and the pursuit of knowledge, have always paid dividends in the long run — usually far greater than anything expected at the outset. Why bother? This is why.

Monday’s summit between Xi and Biden addressed everything from trade to security and human rights, but resolved nothing.

“​​Thirty years on, the world, according to the Chinese Communist Party, is undergoing a once-in-a-century change that will turn the tide of global power from the West to the East, thus transforming

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…What's Next for China?

…“China believes that its rise to great-power status entitles it to a new role in world affairs—one that cannot be reconciled with unquestioned U.S. dominance”. Beijing “views Biden’s attempts at isolating China…

…"China’s leaders seem sure that innovation can co-exist with authoritarian rule. Their confidence looks more rational than it once did: Chinese firms dominate some high-tech fields. Still, they have to explain a…

…The 21st century doesn’t belong to China, the United States, or Silicon Valley. It belongs to the internet.

…"In authoritarian China and democracies such as the U.S., the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the infections that societies have left in each other – and the loss of a sense of shared destiny" (Weiwei, 2020)

… defend itself is to persuade other countries that it can offer them better choices than Russia or China can.