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2021-11-14

Clif High offers some pertinent thoughts on the decline of empire, the dawn of the next, and what may happen when the realisation dawns that that next empire isn't up to the job ...

It might indeed seem that the dawning of the Chinese empire could be associated with that dual-purpose Chinese 'blessing': "may you live in interesting times":