As the Rota Fortuna – the wheel of fortune – goes, one side goes up, while the corresponding side goes down.
America’s turn is next.
We’re comin’ up!
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Bears at the heart of the dragon
Global Insight
September 12, 2012 3:50 pm, By Jamil Anderlini in Tianjin
Among the corporate titans and global leaders attending the World Economic Forum in the eastern Chinese city of Tianjin this week a fascinating division appears to have formed.
In quiet conversations and background chats with Chinese officials and analysts about the state of things in China, the tone of despondency and cynicism was pervasive while the views of international attendees on China were generally bullish and upbeat.
Rota Fortuna – the Wheel of Fortune – Fortune and Her Wheel: Illustration from Vol. 1 of Boccaccio’s De Casibus Virorum Illustrium (On the Fates of Famous Men) (1467, Glasgow, Glasgow University LIbrary)
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