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    Irrepressible China And India: Ancient Civilizations And Wisdom. Modern Statecraft And Resurgence
    Irrepressible China And India: Ancient Civilizations And Wisdom. Modern Statecraft And Resurgence
    Irrepressible China And India: Ancient Civilizations And Wisdom. Modern Statecraft And Resurgence
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    Irrepressible China And India: Ancient Civilizations And Wisdom. Modern Statecraft And Resurgence

    By Terry Nettle

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    Chinese and Indian civilizations are two of the oldest civilizations in the world. And although they have quite different heritage from their different history, they have similarly promising future ahead.

    The resurgence of China And India is a headline story of the modern world.

    Today, China and India are leading nations in the important economically focused BRICS bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which is emerging as the counterweight to the G7 and G20 groupings dominated by the wealthy western nations.

    Together in BRICS+, China and India should be able take the lead to help the world to evolve into a giant economic and social cooperative enterprise for humanity, free from the debilitating hindrances posed by toxic international confrontation and dangerous geopolitical conflicts of the past.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTerry Nettle
    Release dateSep 2, 2023
    ISBN9798223688419
    Irrepressible China And India: Ancient Civilizations And Wisdom. Modern Statecraft And Resurgence

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      Irrepressible China And India - Terry Nettle

      1. Foreword

      Irrepressible China And India: Ancient Civilizations And Wisdom. Modern Statecraft And Resurgence.

      Chinese and Indian civilizations are two of the oldest civilizations in the world. And although they have quite different heritage from their different history, they have similarly promising future ahead.

      The resurgence of China And India is a headline story of the modern world.

      2. Powerful Empires

      China and India have some of the oldest and most powerful empires in human history.

      They have gone through much turmoil and many years of war in their past.

      They have also suffered terrible defeats and disasters in their different but also similar history of bloodshed and terrible cruelty under the various empires.

      But how do their history, full of brilliant achievements as well as terrible bloodshed and cruelty, shape their future?

      How are they building their future?

      3. Chinese Empires

      The earliest Chinese legend refers to an ancient time of Nuwa, Fuxi, Shennong and yellow emperor Huangdi. This may well correspond

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