China's Emergence as a Superpower (2015 onwards)

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The title is from a short quote by the late Singaporean leader Lee Kwan Yew of China’s rise, in full it was:

It is not possible to pretend that this is just another big player. This is the biggest player in the history of the world.

Now who said this?:

Taking the long view, we simply cannot afford to leave China forever outside the family of nations, there to nurture its fantasies, cherish its hates and threaten its neighbours.

The BBC's China Editor has a profile of President Xi Jinping’s, where she concludes:

Xi’s China has so far married great wealth with great repression. If he continues to cage his tigers, clean up his comrades and silence discordant voices, the existential questions may be for others. Not since Chairman Mao has China’s dream of greatness rested so heavily on one man.

Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/...ts_Chairman_Xi