Napoleon Bonaparte once said of China, "Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world."?

Question

Is it true

Answer 1

He left out that they would also cheat at gymnastics.

Answer 2

Yes

When the French emperor uttered those famous words of warning, few ever imagined the China of the 21st century.

Once a sleeping giant, today this nation and her people are rising and shaping the world as never before.

Here in Beijing, and across the country, most people are talking about one thing: A red-hot economy that has created some 300,000 millionaires.

"The economy is going up and we are very confident about our country's future. We're going to make it big!" said one resident of Beijing.

Since 1978, China's economy has doubled every eight years. Today, the average Chinese person has some ten times the purchasing power they had just a quarter century ago.

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Answer 3

Yes Napoleon said that and I would say he was right.