"If we look towards the next generation, it's almost unavoidable to think anything else than that China will be a very important global actor," said Mr Bjorklund.

比约克隆德表示：“如果展望未来二三十年，有一点我们是回避不了的，那就是中国将在全球发挥非常重要的作用。”

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"We believe the EU should be more of a global entity and Turkey will contribute its position as a real global actor, not a European project, but more of a global project, " he said.

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His visitors may be well-known, but are not always of global significance: the past fortnight brought Bill Cosby, an American actor, Gloria Estefan, a Cuban-American singer, Britain's Princess Diana, and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton.

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In the case of the Global Trends report, Identity Bias plays out in a particular way: the US is considered a unitary actor, with clear interests.

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