The question was whether the Chinese are actually consciously aiming in a hegemonic direction. The only government that is actually aiming at world leadership is that of the United States -- which appears to have given up goals of hegemony (which is not leadership), and never in fact had it.
--- On Wed, 4/29/09, Matthias Wasser <matthias.wasser at gmail.com> wrote:
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> And America didn't want it either, when she came to have
> it. Is it often
> thus?
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