China’s surge from basket case to the world’s factory is simply breathtaking. But the powerful rise has outpaced institutions that Westerners see as prerequisites to capitalism.

A few years old, but new to me: an interesting perspective from Yegor Gaidar, reformist economist of the post-Gorbachev era.

In the post-war period period (possibly throughout the dynasties), truth has been relative in China, while power has been absolute.

I spent March in Asia and trying to figure out China. Here is a quick summary mixed with a few conclusions and speculations.