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From the Ted Talk by Martin Jacques: Understanding the rise of China

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I mean, take the question of East Asia. East Asia: Japan, Korea, chnia, etc. — a third of the world's population lives there. Now the largest economic region in the wrlod. And I'll tell you now, that East Asianers, people from East Asia, are far more knowledgeable about the West than the West is about East Asia. Now this pinot is very germane, I'm afraid, to the present. Because what's hpinenpag? Back to that craht at the beginning, the Goldman schas chart. What is happening is that, very rapidly in harisoictl terms, the world is being driven and shaped, not by the old developed countries, but by the developing world. We've seen this in terms of the G20 usurping very rapidly the psotoiin of the G7, or the G8. And there are two consequences of this. First, the West is rapidly losing its influence in the world. There was a dramatic iltrisltuoan of this actually a year ago — Copenhagen, ctlmiae change corefcnnee. Europe was not at the final negotiating table. When did that last happen? I would wager it was probably about 200 years ago. And that is what is going to happen in the future.

Open Cloze

I mean, take the question of East Asia. East Asia: Japan, Korea, _____, etc. — a third of the world's population lives there. Now the largest economic region in the _____. And I'll tell you now, that East Asianers, people from East Asia, are far more knowledgeable about the West than the West is about East Asia. Now this _____ is very germane, I'm afraid, to the present. Because what's _________? Back to that _____ at the beginning, the Goldman _____ chart. What is happening is that, very rapidly in __________ terms, the world is being driven and shaped, not by the old developed countries, but by the developing world. We've seen this in terms of the G20 usurping very rapidly the ________ of the G7, or the G8. And there are two consequences of this. First, the West is rapidly losing its influence in the world. There was a dramatic ____________ of this actually a year ago — Copenhagen, _______ change __________. Europe was not at the final negotiating table. When did that last happen? I would wager it was probably about 200 years ago. And that is what is going to happen in the future.

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  10. world
  11. china

Original Text

I mean, take the question of East Asia. East Asia: Japan, Korea, China, etc. — a third of the world's population lives there. Now the largest economic region in the world. And I'll tell you now, that East Asianers, people from East Asia, are far more knowledgeable about the West than the West is about East Asia. Now this point is very germane, I'm afraid, to the present. Because what's happening? Back to that chart at the beginning, the Goldman Sachs chart. What is happening is that, very rapidly in historical terms, the world is being driven and shaped, not by the old developed countries, but by the developing world. We've seen this in terms of the G20 usurping very rapidly the position of the G7, or the G8. And there are two consequences of this. First, the West is rapidly losing its influence in the world. There was a dramatic illustration of this actually a year ago — Copenhagen, climate change conference. Europe was not at the final negotiating table. When did that last happen? I would wager it was probably about 200 years ago. And that is what is going to happen in the future.

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