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The smallest leaves and twigs will bend and break... If our criteria was 'longevity', however, we would be safest to bet on the two great branches of World History, the East and the West.

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Thorsten J. Pattberg (June 20, 1977 – ) is a German writer, philosopher, and cultural critic from Peking University. He is a disciple of Ji Xianlin and Tu Weiming.

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