Quote of the day
It is true that men themselves made this world of nations... but this world without doubt has issued from a mind often diverse, at times quite contrary, and always superior to the particular ends that men had proposed to themselves.
Xiang Lanxin

Born: April 4, 1956 (age 67)
Bio: Xiang Lanxin is a Professor of International History and Politics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva. Professor Xiang obtained his PhD at The Johns Hopkins University.
Known for:
- The Origins of the Boxer War (2003)
- Recasting the imperial Far East (1995)
- Mao's generals (1998)