China and the American Dream

China may be just a few years away from becoming the world’s leading economic power, and America’s strategic centrality may be on the wane. But America still makes people dream, and, as Barack Obama's reelection showed, its emotional hold on the world remains unique.

PARIS – China may be just a few years away from becoming the world’s leading economic power, and America’s strategic centrality may be on the wane (certainly, no one speaks of the United States today as the world’s “hyperpower”). But America still makes people dream, and its emotional hold on the world remains unique.

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