If the 20th century ended in 1989, the 21st began in 1978
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1782234,00.html
Eleven years before the epochal events in Germany, a seismic change was
taking place in China
Martin Jacques in Beijing
Thursday May 25, 2006
The Guardian
It is, of course, common sense that 1989 was the defining moment of the
last quarter of the 20th century. Who could possibly disagree? It
closed a chapter of history that had been ushered in by the October
revolution in 1917. It brought to an end the systemic challenge that
communism had posed to capitalism, the belief that there was, indeed,
an alternative. It allowed the United States to emerge as the
undisputed superpower of a new century. It gave globalisation access to
the former Soviet bloc from which it had been excluded: henceforth,
globalisation could live up to its name.
Martin Jacques
http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search?search=%22Martin+Jacques%22
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/1891d9836c5591c3
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http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/0566c3afe4d81c92
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