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Rising tensions with Taiwan have focused attention on China, with many wondering where President Xi Jinping sees his country on the world stage. Perhaps the past may provide some clues, writes Rana Mitter, a history professor at Oxford University. China is now a global power, something hardly imaginable just a few decades ago. Its power sometimes comes from cooperation with the rest of the world, such as the signing of the Paris climate agreement. Or sometimes it means competition with it, such as the Belt and Road Initiative, a network of construction projects in more than 60 countries that has...
