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Winning without fighting

20/04/2006 15:14:06

President Hu goes to Washington, bearing gifts:

OH, NOT The Art of War again. When President Hu of meets President Bush today he will hand him a copy of the classic work on military strategy by Sun Tzu, the Chinese 6th-century philosopher, according to the South China Morning Post.

The book, a favourite gift in diplomatic encounters, has supplied generations of politicians and writers with a garnish of profundity, through its insights such as “winning without fighting is the best strategy”.

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