New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher, was passionate about promoting education and the importance of illustrative storytelling in shaping cultures, promoting desirable behaviours in leaders, and in grooming children to becoming responsible adults. He is attributed as saying that "Those who tell the stories (well) rule society". Centuries later Harvard professor Joseph Nye postulated, "In the information age, the mark of a great power is not just whose army wins, but also whose story wins."

China's modern leader Xi Jinping, who has made the "national rejuvenation of Chinese society'' in this century his paramount goal, and seeks to regain for China its rightful place in the world that it feels was usurped by the Wes...