Ancient sage opens the way to peace of modern powers – Bronwen Maddox

From The Independent (link):

OH, NOT The Art of War again. When President Hu of China 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”.

But aside from that volume of oblique provocation, Hu’s visit is not trite. It comes when China is beginning to exert real influence on world conflicts.

Read also comments on this on the Useless Tree blog (link) and Sun Bin’s blog (link).

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