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to protect all those cities ?
9.
In the decade we are looking at, will we
see China emerge into the international comity,
for good or ill ? Can the West assist this ?
Do we want to, or is Chinese emergence best
postponed until 'revisionism' has set in ?
If China joined the United Nations in the next
few years, her influence would probably be
disruptive but to what extent would her
membership reduce her isolation and change her
attitudes and eventually her policies ?
10. In or out of the U.N., China will continue
to exert some influence throughout the world.
There are indications that her early efforts
in Africa have largely failed as far as the
established governments there are concerned.
But she is likely to go on attracting the
adherence of revolutionary intellectuals in
the Third World, especially those without
office.
11. As far as Asia is concerned, China
(unless wholly pre-occupied with civil war)
can not fail to react on her neighbours,
among which for the purposes of this paper is
included the United States. The possible
shape of such reactions is reviewed in the
succeeding sections.
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