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Review: Chas Freeman on China’s military

Ann Kjellberg
Jun 26, 2019
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The Chinese strategist and philosopher Sunzi [Sun Tzu] observed 2,500 years ago:

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

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