NEW YORK — Eleven years ago today, some two dozen Japanese citizens were among the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terrorist attacks that brought down the World Trade Center. The date is now immortalized as “9/11,” and its aftermath has changed the world in countless ways. With the benefit of hindsight, the world may well look back and take note of July 13, 2012, as another defining moment — the date of China‘s true emergence as a regional power and player, if not quite a superpower by traditional definitions.

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