This March 13, 2022 file photo shows performers during the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at the National Stadium in Beijing. GLOBAL TIMES PHOTO
Editor’s note: Ten years ago, when China had just become the second-largest economy in the world for three years, the world was still cautiously observing whether China could develop sustainably and some from the West were even predicting that the story of China’s rise would end up with its collapse. But today, China has already become a major world power with undoubted strength…
