Rather a milestone in the sluice of Western Civilization.
I only read a page or two.
Pretty goddamned sad commentary, wouldn't you say?
I turned to the end...
"Back then (1989) she (his future wife) had a premonition that Beijing's leaders were not going to live up to our wishful thinking about democracy, free trade, and human rights. As always she proved both wise and prescient."
Kind of a little late, don't you think, to have a premonition, and realize something so obvious? What about this is either wise or prescient?
What worries me is that she seems to him to have been smarter than him!
Rather like, say, FDR thinking of Uncle Joe as a sort of fallen away Democrat!
Rather like, say, FDR thinking of Uncle Joe as a sort of fallen away Democrat!
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