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China's peaceful rise redefines 'long peace' amid US ties

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The concept of the "long peace," originally defined by historian John Lewis Gaddis to describe the absence of major power wars after World War II, is re-examined. The author argues that China's peaceful rise since 1978 represents a more significant and sustained period of peace, contrasting it with historical cycles of conflict in China and the near-misses of World War III during the Cold War. The continuation of this "third long peace" between China and the United States is presented as crucial for global stability, especially in light of recent diplomatic shifts. AI

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China's peaceful rise redefines 'long peace' amid US ties

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Zhou Bo ·

    A strong China is the best hope for the ‘long peace’ to endure

    The “long peace” is a term coined by Yale professor and Cold War historian John Lewis Gaddis in his 1987 book The Long Peace: Inquiries into the History of the Cold War. It refers to the fact that, from the end of World War II in 1945 into the 1980s, more than 40 years passed wit…

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