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Pax Sinica interruptus

Has China awakened a sleeping giant?

29 August 2020

9:00 AM

29 August 2020

9:00 AM

The advent of Barack Obama in the White House appeared to signify a post-America moment. Pax Americana, which had accompanied the Cold War, was likely at an end. American exceptionalism, as President Obama was always quick to claim, had become an anachronism. China’s Xi Jinping could not have agreed more.

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