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Robert Daly
Robert Daly
Robert Daly is the director of the Wilson Center’s Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, and has served as a US diplomat in Beijing and an interpreter for Chinese and US leaders. He was head of the China programmes at Johns Hopkins, Syracuse, and the University of Maryland. He was a producer of Chinese-language versions of Sesame Street.

China is the biggest victor for now but, in the long term, the world’s trading nations are likely to draw unfavourable conclusions from its actions. For the US, a chance has been created to strengthen its key alliance with Canada.

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The global marches show that many nations still identify with aspects of American culture and that America’s pluralistic society and values remain attractive. Conversely, the China story Beijing wants told has limited appeal to the rest of the world.

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