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4: Build a superpower

How to become a dictator

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China Is Not the Country That I Came Into in 2012

When I was led onto the tarmac, I still can't shake the feeling that something is about to go wrong. But no one approaches me and no one who looks like a minder follows me onto the plane. Even the flight attendants seem smiley and normal. This is not the country that I came into in 2012. China has changed in ways that nobody could have predicted. We don't really know where the red lines are anymore.

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