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Is China Running Scared?

China is an increasingly insecure superpower--a far from harmonious nation with a growing gap between rich and poor.So says Lindsey Hilsum, China Correspondent for the UK's Channel 4 News. Her analysis in today's edition of the New Statesman is a... ...full story at China Confidential

from China Confidential on Thu, Jan 10 2008

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