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Evan Osnos quotes: Seventy years after China emerged from the Second World War, the greatest threat facing the nation's leadership is not imperialism but skepticism.

Seventy years after China emerged from the Second World War, the greatest threat facing the nation's leadership is not imperialism but skepticism.

Evan Osnos quotes: I can tell you, going out to buy toilet paper in the U.S. is a completely predictable experience.

I can tell you, going out to buy toilet paper in the U.S. is a completely predictable experience.

Evan Osnos quotes: The fastest way to get around the southern Chinese city of Foshan is on the back of a motorcycle-for-hire.

The fastest way to get around the southern Chinese city of Foshan is on the back of a motorcycle-for-hire.

Evan Osnos quotes: THE PAST DOES NOT EQUAL THE FUTURE. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. CREATE MIRACLES.

THE PAST DOES NOT EQUAL THE FUTURE. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. CREATE MIRACLES.

Evan Osnos quotes: Chinese readers are buying books in translation, particularly non-fiction about China, in large numbers.

Chinese readers are buying books in translation, particularly non-fiction about China, in large numbers.

Evan Osnos quotes: Fact-checking can wreak havoc on Chinese political mythology.

Fact-checking can wreak havoc on Chinese political mythology.

Evan Osnos quotes: Once I became interested in China, I flew to Beijing in 1996 to spend half a year studying Mandarin. The city stunned me.

Once I became interested in China, I flew to Beijing in 1996 to spend half a year studying Mandarin. The city stunned me.

Evan Osnos quotes: When you live in Beijing for a while, you gain a finely tuned understanding of air.

When you live in Beijing for a while, you gain a finely tuned understanding of air.

Evan Osnos quotes: It can take the uninitiated a minute to realize that 'Gangnam Style' is satire.

It can take the uninitiated a minute to realize that 'Gangnam Style' is satire.

Evan Osnos quotes: The United States, of course, in the late 19th century was extraordinarily corrupt.

The United States, of course, in the late 19th century was extraordinarily corrupt.

Evan Osnos quotes: As a student in Beijing in 1996, I sometimes marveled at the sheer obscurity of the movies that somehow made it onto pirated discs in China.

As a student in Beijing in 1996, I sometimes marveled at the sheer obscurity of the movies that somehow made it onto pirated discs in China.

Evan Osnos quotes: The subject of human rights in China confounds absolute pronouncements.

The subject of human rights in China confounds absolute pronouncements.

Evan Osnos quotes: For much of their history, life for most people in China was arduous and circumscribed - and people travelled as little as they could.

For much of their history, life for most people in China was arduous and circumscribed - and people travelled as little as they could.

Evan Osnos quotes: Christianity is permitted under China's constitution, and the government has long supported a network of official Christian churches.

Christianity is permitted under China's constitution, and the government has long supported a network of official Christian churches.

Evan Osnos quotes: Hope is like a path in the countryside: originally there was no path, but once people begin to pass, a way appears.

Hope is like a path in the countryside: originally there was no path, but once people begin to pass, a way appears.

Evan Osnos quotes: He has held on to certain ideals, like democracy and freedom, that made a deep impression on him - things inherited from the Cold War era,

He has held on to certain ideals, like democracy and freedom, that made a deep impression on him - things inherited from the Cold War era,

Evan Osnos quotes: Lei Feng is reported to have died in a freak accident in 1962 - struck by a falling telephone pole.

Lei Feng is reported to have died in a freak accident in 1962 - struck by a falling telephone pole.

Evan Osnos quotes: To Confucius, harmony was consensus, not conformity. It required loyal opposition.

To Confucius, harmony was consensus, not conformity. It required loyal opposition.

Evan Osnos quotes: China is so central to our economic lives that journalists have had no choice but to engage China with greater technical analysis and precision.

China is so central to our economic lives that journalists have had no choice but to engage China with greater technical analysis and precision.

Evan Osnos quotes: Confucius - or Kongzi, which means Master Kong - was not born to power, but his idiosyncrasies and ideas made him the Zelig of the Chinese classics.

Confucius - or Kongzi, which means Master Kong - was not born to power, but his idiosyncrasies and ideas made him the Zelig of the Chinese classics.

Evan Osnos quotes: Being in a Chinese coal mine for 30 years is like an epic novel. It's tragic.

Being in a Chinese coal mine for 30 years is like an epic novel. It's tragic.

Evan Osnos quotes: Confucius, who was born in the sixth century B.C., traditionally had a stature in China akin to that of Socrates in the West.

Confucius, who was born in the sixth century B.C., traditionally had a stature in China akin to that of Socrates in the West.

Evan Osnos quotes: When the British-Malaysian photographer Ian Teh first worked in China, more than a decade ago, he rendered it as a nation of people in Technicolor.

When the British-Malaysian photographer Ian Teh first worked in China, more than a decade ago, he rendered it as a nation of people in Technicolor.

Evan Osnos quotes: If you go back all the way to the 1920s, filmmakers in Hollywood changed the identity of villains from German to Russian.

If you go back all the way to the 1920s, filmmakers in Hollywood changed the identity of villains from German to Russian.

Evan Osnos quotes: '419 scams,' named for a clause from the Nigerian penal code, are such a part of the white noise of the digital age that we no longer notice them.

'419 scams,' named for a clause from the Nigerian penal code, are such a part of the white noise of the digital age that we no longer notice them.

Evan Osnos quotes: If one is going to plagiarize, it pays to be in politics, where the expectation for remorse and the likelihood of punishment are minimal.

If one is going to plagiarize, it pays to be in politics, where the expectation for remorse and the likelihood of punishment are minimal.

Evan Osnos quotes: Usually when you interview somebody for a number of hours, they'll say something that is self-aggrandizing or is a manipulation of the facts.

Usually when you interview somebody for a number of hours, they'll say something that is self-aggrandizing or is a manipulation of the facts.

Evan Osnos quotes: China no longer has an ideology that makes any sense to them, but what they do have is great pride in the Chinese nation.

China no longer has an ideology that makes any sense to them, but what they do have is great pride in the Chinese nation.

Evan Osnos quotes: In Chinese, there are an impressive number of ways to describe saying nothing at all.

In Chinese, there are an impressive number of ways to describe saying nothing at all.

Evan Osnos quotes: Disclosure and transparency are the currency of the Internet, and they are at odds with authoritarianism.

Disclosure and transparency are the currency of the Internet, and they are at odds with authoritarianism.

Evan Osnos quotes: I've been amazed at how fast and herd-like opinions in the United States are.

I've been amazed at how fast and herd-like opinions in the United States are.

Evan Osnos quotes: China doesn't have a single leader. It has - a first among equals is the president, and his name will probably be Xi Jinping, almost certainly.

China doesn't have a single leader. It has - a first among equals is the president, and his name will probably be Xi Jinping, almost certainly.

Evan Osnos quotes: I started working as a reporter in Washington on October 1, 2013, the day the government stopped working.

I started working as a reporter in Washington on October 1, 2013, the day the government stopped working.

Evan Osnos quotes: If the economy can only provide a diminishing political dividend, Chinese leaders will encourage their people to feel pride and vigor in other ways.

If the economy can only provide a diminishing political dividend, Chinese leaders will encourage their people to feel pride and vigor in other ways.

Evan Osnos quotes: Living abroad has heightened my interest in how foreigners regard the strange places we encounter.

Living abroad has heightened my interest in how foreigners regard the strange places we encounter.

Evan Osnos quotes: Valuing the road over the goal was a Taoist goal in itself.

Valuing the road over the goal was a Taoist goal in itself.

Evan Osnos quotes: In Beijing, we talk about air purifiers the way that teenage boys talk about cars.

In Beijing, we talk about air purifiers the way that teenage boys talk about cars.

Evan Osnos quotes: China believes that it has the rightful claim to a vast portion of the South China Sea, which is claimed by other countries.

China believes that it has the rightful claim to a vast portion of the South China Sea, which is claimed by other countries.

Evan Osnos quotes: China's Communist Party is wary of independent-minded movements.

China's Communist Party is wary of independent-minded movements.

Evan Osnos quotes: Beijing has a glut of charming and traditional or brash and luxurious places to stay.

Beijing has a glut of charming and traditional or brash and luxurious places to stay.