Comments on: P.J. O’Rourke (and others) on China

By: Justin Boland

Justin Boland — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:09:50 +0000

Both excellent reads! Thanks very much for the brainfood.

By: Sam_S

Sam_S — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:06:31 +0000

Great O’Rourke article. I’ll read the other one later. Yep, it’s big, complicated, and busy here. The language and social systems are archaic, but the ability to handle capital growth is built in to the national psyche. Pray the CPC is planning to wither itself away, but don’t bet on it. They are the ultimate pragmatic authority, and they will do whatever it takes. I hang out with some pretty smart Chinese, and get a lot of good insights. They’re really not interested in democracy; they want good administrators. And to quote them, “We ARE free now! We can live where we want, work for whom we choose, and marry who we like. None of this was possible even 25 years ago.” Just my liang mao.

By: Dan from Madison

Dan from Madison — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:15:22 +0000

That is a good essay by O’Rourke. Thanks for the link. China is very interesting and certainly gives us a lot to think about.

By: Robert Schwartz

Robert Schwartz — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:27:34 +0000

WFM. Tx.

By: Lexington Green

Lexington Green — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:12:20 +0000

Robert, thanks. It’s fixed. Link to full article is now in there.

By: Robert Schwartz

Robert Schwartz — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:03:13 +0000

The O’Rourke link is to an abstract, the rest of the article is paywalled.