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"In his country and mine, a bridge builder never sells guns. [...] In China would a scholar sell guns?"

— Malcolm Bosse The Warlord: A Novel (1983)

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"You see then? In our countries it's the same with a bridge builder. Because there a bridge builder is a kind of scholar."

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"In China a general's power goes as far as his troops can march in a few days. But from what I know of General Tang, he won't let this insult pass."

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