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4. Vgl. auch Larry Diamond: The Global Imperative: Building a Democratic World Order; in: Current History, 93. Jg., 1994, Nr. 579, S. 1–7
5. Nicholas D. Kristof/Sheryl WuDunn: China Wakes. The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power, London 1994, S. 453