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Dr. Kirsti Rain of The Finnish Institute of International Affairs writes on the web publication of the European Council on Foriegn Affairs:
Some 35 years ago I was told - in a lecture by some-one whose name I have forgotten, but who was an expert on world affairs like Daniel Wagner - that the Chinese simply do not like the Russians. I find it likely.
I think that it is the overwhelming Western culture that makes China and Russia behave cordially to each other. It won't help them much. Western culture will run over them, especially over Russia.
Extracts from a BBC article in italics:
"Thousands of people in Switzerland who were forced into child labour are demanding compensation for their stolen childhoods. Since the 1850s hundreds of thousands of Swiss children were taken from their parents and sent to farms to work - a practice that continued well into [the second half of] the 20th Century."
Extracts from a BBC article in italics:
"Thousands of people in Switzerland who were forced into child labour are demanding compensation for their stolen childhoods. Since the 1850s hundreds of thousands of Swiss children were taken from their parents and sent to farms to work - a practice that continued well into [the second half of] the 20th Century."
An English translation of the whole, lengthy, interview you can find here.
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This is the introduction to the book on Amazon:
Financial Times, extract :
“Europeans who have stopped dreaming about Europe, who take peace, reconciliation, and above all freedom for granted, do not realize what is at stake.”