Sinologist David Shambaugh sat down with Orville Schell of the Asia Society in New York this week to discuss his new book, China Goes Global.

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"I think most Chinese do feel that things are going pretty well in China, economically at least to date, " said Orville Schell, director of Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations.

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