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What will the world look like in 2020? According to many international rela-tions observers, in four years’ time, China will be world’s leading economy, pioneer-ing green energy policies and launching space missions to Mars, while its central government wields a “soft power” approach to governance. It’s a vision that older generations may find dif-ficult to imagine, in the wake of years of global conflict and recession. For university students, however, the idea of a prosperous China, cultur-ally and economically balanced with the United States, is easier to believe.
Ten students, three from universities in China and seven enrolled at U.S. institutions, met in October at New York University (NYU) at the invitation of…
