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As Americans and other Westerners increasingly perceive China as a country unable to address its political problems and addicted to growth at all costs, the Chinese government appears to be reverting to a national narrative of victimization that has poisonous roots in China’s perception of historical events such as the 1899-1901 Boxer rebellion.

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They took the tapioca roots up to the kitchen, sliced them thinly and made delicious chips.

So these are little ordinary, everyday heroes, and they're incredibly admirable, but there's no way that they can sustain this kind of activity in the face of a system that either roots them out or grinds them down.

Roots make a firm foundation.

And when you watch bonobo play, you're seeing the very evolutionary roots of human laughter, dance and ritual.

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