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The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Making China an Enemy

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Making China an Enemy

February 15 , 2018

Recalling an in-depth conversation more than a dozen years ago with John Mearsheimer, the author of The Tragedy of Great Power Politics, He Yafei says, “In the beginning if you pin each other on the board with a big “ENEMY”mark, then all your policy will follow in that direction, there is no doubt that the end will be tragic.”

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