{"id":44167,"date":"2026-05-28T15:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/?p=44167"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:42:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:42:47","slug":"the-eastern-dragon-anthem-of-the-great-ascent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/?p=44167","title":{"rendered":"The Eastern DRAGON: Anthem of the Great ASCENT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poetry: Ashraf AboArafe<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/h2>\n

Your suns have risen, and the shadows depart,<\/span>
\nLeading the world with a master\u2019s heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

O Dragon of the East, boundless and grand,<\/span>
\nWith pride and glory, you\u2019ve sculpted the land.<\/span><\/p>\n

In global markets, your echo commands,<\/span>
\nA fortress of progress raised by your hands.<\/span><\/p>\n

From every factory, a story is spun,<\/span>
\nLeading the world till the race is won.<\/span><\/p>\n

With peaceful wisdom, your governance guides,<\/span>
\nBuilding new bridges where distance divides.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nations fall silent to hear what you say,<\/span>
\nAs your steady hands clear the conflict away.<\/span><\/p>\n

From ancient ages, your letters have shone,<\/span>
\nAn endless river of knowledge and stone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Confucius shaped the deep soul of your art,<\/span>
\nCapturing worlds through the mind and the heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

With Mao\u2019s vision, a nation arose,<\/span>
\nWhere justice and labor stood firm through its throes.<\/span><\/p>\n

As one single body, the people contend,<\/span>
\nNo master, no servant \u2014 just strength to the end.<\/span><\/p>\n

You held time\u2019s reins with an iron-willed grace,<\/span>
\nAnd became an eternal star in space.<\/span><\/p>\n

Never was China known to invade with greed,<\/span>
\nNor driven by hatred or selfish need.<\/span><\/p>\n

A peaceful nation with vision profound,<\/span>
\nBuilding great bridges the whole world around.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet should the hateful seek harm in their way,<\/span>
\nThe Dragon shall rise, unshaken, to stay.<\/span><\/p>\n

Egypt and China, two civilizations grand,<\/span>
\nWhose glory was written by history\u2019s hand.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Pyramids whisper their timeless pride,<\/span>
\nWhile China\u2019s Great Wall still stands worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n

From Egypt\u2019s Nile to the Yangtze\u2019s flow,<\/span>
\nThe rivers of immortal civilizations glow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two ancient peoples in wisdom aligned,<\/span>
\nWho gifted humanity knowledge refined.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Poetry: Ashraf AboArafe Your suns have risen, and the shadows depart, Leading the world with a master\u2019s heart. O Dragon of the East, boundless and grand, With pride and glory, you\u2019ve sculpted the land. In global markets, your echo commands, A fortress of progress raised by your hands. From every factory, a story is spun, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,388],"tags":[23358,22877,22605,23359,23357],"class_list":["post-44167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chief-editor","category-slide","tag-anthem","tag-ascent","tag-dragon","tag-of-the-great","tag-the-eastern"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44167"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44174,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44167\/revisions\/44174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aldiplomasy.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}