Zelenskyy and Chinese Historiography

Everyone knows his name by now. The law graduate who became a comic actor, the actor who became president, the president who became a wartime commander-in-chief.

What has been relatively unremarked upon is Zelenskyy's apparent appreciation for history, particularly ancient history. And he seems to understand history in a way that makes the antique past a source of strength for him. He seems to understand history in away that is rather "Chinese."

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