Gazing back to see China’s future

21/03/2025 17 min
Gazing back to see China’s future

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Roel Sterckx, the Joseph Needham Professor of Chinese History, Science, and Civilization at Cambridge University, makes the case for studying China's centuries-long history. Read by Helen Lloyd.

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Gazing back to see China’s future | Roel Sterckx

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