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A “Glorious Mission” in “Cultural War”

An article in USA Today describes a soft power maneuver that seems to digitally actualize Hu Jintao’s recent reference to the ongoing “cultural war” between China and the West: “International hostile forces” use thought and culture “to Westernize and split” China, Hu stated in a speech publicized in January in the party magazine Seeking Truth. At