A friend recently sent on quite an amazing blog post. It is a systematic, but funny!, examination of the "science" behind NYT column I was objecting to recently: David Brooks' claim that economic competition between China and America should really... ...full story at James Fallows
from James Fallows on Wed, Aug 13 2008
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The FUTURE: Economic Democracy or Economic Depression »
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The American Identity and The Chinese Identity » CN Reviews I noticed an interesting comment posted by mtlyorel in Elliott’s recent post about David Brooks: Neither Brooks or other commentators let alone career China-bashers i.e. Fallows - understand fully the concept of collectivism in China. For starters,... |
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David Brooks: The Dictatorship of Talent » Peking Duck I have to travel to Shanghai today and there may be yet another dry spell over here. In the meantime, please read today's column by David Brooks on a topic of endless interest to China watchers, namely the extent to... |
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Basketball As China Metaphor: The Expanded Edition. » China Law Blog Will Lewis over at Experience Not Logic has an interesting post up riffing on my post wondering why China cannot produce an elite point guard, nicely weaving in the David Brooks/James Fallows/John Pomfret discussion on individualism versus collectivism.... |
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Recommended reading: The Online Evisceration of David Brooks, A Cautionary Tale » Blogging For China I have followed the responses to David Brooks’ essay “Harmony and the Dream” published in the New York Times with interest ever since first reading James Fallows mercilessly picking Brooks’ theme apart. There have been others joining... |
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The Online Evisceration of David Brooks, A Cautionary Tale » CN Reviews Last week, on August 11, New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks published his essay “Harmony and the Dream” (NYT login required) and inadvertently created a perfect case study of how a journalist parachuting into China can get eviscerated... |
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