Published: 9:00am, 22 Mar 2025
Updated: 9:00am, 22 Mar 2025
The war in Gaza has highlighted some of the UN’s failings. Photo: AP
Chinese strategists love to draw lessons from the country’s rich history, just as Cesare Borgia inspired Niccolo Machiavelli in Renaissance Italy.
The downfall of Viscount Xiang of Zhi (Zhi Bo) in the fourth century BC was often told as a cautionary tale and an example of diplomacy over force.
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