By Charles W. HayfordIn the third lecture of the Chinese Vistas series, “American Dreams,” Jonathan Spence talked about American dreams of China and, more tantalizing, Chinese dreams of America. He sees a series of “paradoxes” from the American Re... ...full story at China Beat
from China Beat on Mon, Jun 23 2008
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