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Martin Jacques is a prominent British journalist specializing in international relations and politics, with a particular focus on the rise of China and its implications for the global order. His work has been influential in shaping public understanding of China's role in the world.

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“[HK protests have been] mob demonstrations...[T]hey were conducted in a way which most societies would consider unacceptable because they involved attacking property, attacking the police, and of course occupying the airport. The Western media have been hypocritical.”

Media Fascism Police Brutality Hong Kong Free World Appeasement Ccp Propaganda Anti Elab Hk Protests

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“We all know what is meant by the term 'international community,' don't we? It's the West, of course, nothing more, nothing less. Using the term 'international community' is a way of dignifying the West, of globalising it, of making it sound more respectable, more neutral and high-faluting.”

International Community Realpolitik The West

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“Neo-conservatism in all its pomp conceived - in the Project for a New American Century - that, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world could be remade in the American image, that the previous bipolar world could be replaced by a unipolar one in which the U.S. was the dominant arbiter of global and regional affairs.”

Neoconservatism Post Communist Triumphalism

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“Following the end of the Cold War, there was much discussion concerning the point of NATO. In the event, it was reinvented as a means of reducing Russia's reach on its western frontiers and seeking to isolate it. Its former East European client states were admitted to NATO, as were the Baltic states.”

Nato Post Communist Baltic

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“The starting point for understanding the deterioration in the relationship between the U.S. and Russia lies in Washington rather than Moscow. After 1989, Russia was a defeated power. Despite the fine words and some limited gestures, the Americans have treated it like one. Their policy has been one of encirclement.”

Russia American Foreign Policy Post Communist

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“The World Cup is not just a great global sporting event, it is also inscribed with much deeper cultural and political importance.”

World Political Events Importance Deeper Cups World Cup Sporting Events

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“Globalisation has obliterated distance, not just physically but also, most dangerously, mentally. It creates the illusion of intimacy when, in fact, the mental distances have changed little. It has concertinaed the world without engendering the necessary respect, recognition and tolerance that must accompany it.”

World Littles Facts Changed Illusion Distance Tolerance Recognition Intimacy Accompany Globalisation

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“The fact that television and tourism have made the whole world accessible has created the illusion that we enjoy intimate knowledge of other places, when we barely scratch their surface. For the vast majority, the knowledge of Thailand or Sri Lanka acquired through tourism consists of little more than the whereabouts of the beach.”

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“If the Age of Sport has been all champagne and roses hitherto, then expect our love affair with its newly-acquired prominence to become increasingly tainted by scandals about cheating. Sport is losing its shine and allure.”

Ifs Has Beens Age Sports Losing Shining Rose Affair Cheating Our Love Scandal Love Affair Champagne Tainted Allure Prominence

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“At the heart of globalisation is a new kind of intolerance in the west towards other cultures, traditions and values, less brutal than in the era of colonialism, but more comprehensive and totalitarian.”

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“Fundamental systemic crises are often associated with the decline of the dominant imperial power and its increasing inability to sustain the system over which it had previously presided. The profound instability of the interwar period owed much to Britain's inability to maintain its role.”

Roles Periods Crisis Fundamentals Profound Britain Decline Dominant Inability Instability

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“In its heyday, the car was an expression of technical flair and design genius: the original Mini, the Beetle, the 2CV, and the Fiat 500 were all, in their various ways, inspired incarnations of functionality.”

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“There is a profound hypocrisy - and deep historical ignorance - when Europeans complain about the problems posed by the ethnic and religious minorities in their midst, for that is exactly what European colonial rule meant for peoples around the world.”

World Problem Religious Ignorance Historical Profound Complaining Around The World Hypocrisy Minorities Midst

Author:Martin Jacques

“If you are white, racism is too easily ignored and forgiven, regarded as of burning concern only to the ethnic minorities, and therefore of relatively marginal significance.”

Ifs White Racism Concern Burning Minorities Significance Ignored Forgiven White Racism

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“There are a host of ethnic minorities in China but they often have a weak sense of identity and are relatively small in total number. History has taught the Han that other groups will and should ultimately be absorbed and assimilated as Han. There is a belief that the Han enjoy a superior and far more advanced culture.”

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“Our leaders increasingly see fit to lecture the ethnic minorities on the need to integrate, including of course the need to speak English. What about the need, though, for Britain to integrate with the rest of the world?”

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“The Chinese view the state, not just as an intimate member of the family ... but as the head of the family.”

States Inspiration Motivation Views Members Chinese Intimate

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“For 200 years, the West has been so dominant in the world that it's not really needed to understand other cultures, other civilizations. Because, at the end of the day, it could, if necessary by force, get its own way.”

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