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Zhu Feng, prof of IR at Nanjing University: "The historical trend of "the rise of the East and the decline of the West" is inevitable, but a "post-American era" that emerges too soon is actually not in China's interest.

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"The 21st century is the era of the community of shared destiny of mankind, in which all countries share honor and disgrace, sorrow and joy. To hope for a "post-American era" is not only simplistic but also ignorant.

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"On the contrary, we need to soberly see the special nature of the discussion on the "post-American era" in which the U.S. policy toward China has become more serious and complex.

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"Only by showing the world the goodwill and gentleness of a rising China and the inseparable nature of interdependence and common development will it be possible to unravel the "China threat" that the US promulgates and counter the Biden administration's efforts to encircle CH

"The history of international relations is not short of cases in which the overreaction of a defensive power to a rising power has led to its downfall.

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