Adopting New Rules

Flying back to Beijing from Sichuan, I come across a jolly group of newly-minted parents in the Chengdu airport. It’s a familiar sight to anyone who has traveled in China in the last decade or more, middle-aged westerners, some awkwardly cradling Chinese babies, others chasing after toddlers, their faces filled with a peculiar combination of [...]

Sense Prevails! (for now…)

They held the debate, sponsored by NPR (public broadcasting in the United States) I posted about last week in New York; am posting now a transcript of the entire thing for those interested. According to a poll of the live audience attending, those arguing AGAINST the motion “A booming China spells trouble for America” prevailed. [...]