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John King Fairbank in his famous volume The United States and China argued that historical perspective “is not a luxury but a necessity.”1 Perhaps in the 21st century, shared history perspective is needed more than ever so that Chinese and Americans can learn how to create both healthy and mutually beneficial relations.
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John King Fairbank, The United States and China. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1948, p. 9.
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Guoqi, X. (2015). The Role of Shared Experiences in Studying Sino-American Relations. In: Johnson, R.D. (eds) Asia Pacific in the Age of Globalization. The Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137455383_12
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