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50. Wang Jisi, “From Paper Tiger to Real Leviathan.”
51. The bombing was followed by a series of large-scale anti-America movements in China fueled by strong nationalistic sentiments.
52. See, for example, Zhu Chenghu, “Guanyu dangqian shijie zhanlve geju de jidian sikao” [Some Considerations of Current World Strategic Framework], Shijie Jingji yu Zhengzhi 2 (2011): 4–15; 156.
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54. Richard Wike and Bruce Stokes, “Chinese Public Sees More Powerful Role in World, Names U.S. as Top Threat,” Pew Research Center, October 4, 2016, http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/10/05/chinese-public-sees-more-powerful-role-in-world-names-u-s-as-top-threat/.
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57. Zhang Niansheng, “Shiwang, Shiluo, Shixin, Shiling: Meiguo minzhong yuanhe yanjuan daxuan naoju,” [Disappointment, Frustration, Dishonesty and Failure: Why Americans Are Tired of the Election Drama] People’s Daily, October 8, 2016, http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2016-10/08/nbs.D110000renmrb_03.htm.
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59. Yuan Peng, “Xuanju luanxiang tuxian Meiguo ‘bing’de buqing,” [Chaotic Election Exposes America’s Serious Sickness] People’s Daily, November 8, 2016, http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2016-11/08/nbs.D110000renmrb_02.htm.
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66. Anonymous, “Ni Pingshenmo chaoxiao Meiguo daxuan” [You Have No Right to Laugh at U.S. Election], blogpost, http://zh.wikiomni.com/s/blog_abba1a216204b3e4. Please note that this is an online essay with no source of publication and written by an anonymous person, which went viral on China’s social media during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
67. Anonymous, “Ni Pingshenmo chaoxiao Meiguo daxuan.”
