"China has an uninterrupted civilization of more than 5,000 years, and the Chinese nation has both gone through sufferings and made splendid achievements. When the West embarked upon industrialization and embraced the oceans, China fell behind because its emperors chose to shut China's door to the world, and this made China a victim of foreign aggression. Since modern times began, China was beset by crises at home and abroad, and ravaged by wars and chaos, which inflicted untold sufferings to its people. However, in a century of darkness, the Chinese people, rising one upon another in an unyielding spirit, never stopped searching for a way towards national renewal and prosperity."
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Wang Qishan
Wang Qishan (ēå²å±±; WĆ”ng QĆshÄn; born 19 July 1948) is a Chinese politician. Wang was one of the leading figures behind foreign affairs of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), along with CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. Between 2012 and 2017, Wang had served as the Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Communist Party's anti-corruption body, and a member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, China's highest decision making body. He served as Vi
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