[Marxism] Le Monde Diplomatique - China

[Paddy Apling <e.c.apling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I consider Le Monde Diplomatique to be the leading left news weekly,
and this month's major article is on China, - 
"China: middle kingdom, world centre" by  Martine Bullard.

I quote just one paragraph:

"
The government proposes to participate in the 
establishment of a multipolar world in which 
China would one day occupy an important place - 
in the centre, not at the head. It wants to 
shine, not dominate. This is not a purely formal 
distinction (4). At the height of its power, from 
the 11th to the 17th century, China had the 
largest fleet in the world, and many real and 
exceptional economic and technological advantages 
(5), but, unlike the Europeans, it never destroyed peoples or civilisations.
"

refs:

(4) François Jullien, Penser d?un dehors, Seuil, Paris, 2000.

(5) See Angus Maddison, ?L?Économie chinoise?, 
OECD Studies, Paris, 1998; and Philip S Golub, 
?<http://mondediplo.com/2005/08//2004/10/04asia>All 
the riches of the east restored?, Le Monde 
diplomatique, English language edition, October 2004.

The full article is available at:
<http://mondediplo.com/2005/08/02china>

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