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Zbigniew Brzezinski1928–2017

To put it very simply, anyone can become an American, but only a Chinese can be Chinese⁠—and that places an additional and significant barrier in the way of any essentially national global hegemony.

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The Grand Chessboard (1997), Conclusion, p. 210

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