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The Iron Age is often described as a triumph of human ingenuity. People eventually made harder, stronger weapons and tools, and they could make more of them because they did not have to rely on scarce supplies of tin and copper. But the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age is not […]
A full translation of Xi's speech and notes on Beijing’s reading of Sun’s legacy, national reunification and rejuvenation
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