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It’s news to David Brooks. It’s okay for people to express their awe over things they experience for the first time, like Bush I and the bar code reader (a story that was much less newsworthy than made out to be). But Brooks seems to have... ...full story at Peking Duck

from Peking Duck on Sat, Aug 16 2008

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18 Aug 08 visit 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...
20 Aug 08 visit 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,...
05 Dec 07 visit 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...
18 Dec 07 visit David Brooks: The Obama-Clinton Issue  »  Peking Duck I stopped long ago cutting/pasting entire articles, but this one is too interesting for me not to point you to. David Brooks, one of my least favorite columnists, writes a tribute to Barrack Obama that can only be described as...
18 Aug 08 visit 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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