tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post115757490425865409..comments2024-03-01T16:32:41.076+08:00Comments on Sun Bin: "Feeling the China elephant" phenomenon 盲人摸象Sun Binhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-1158597147718990322006-09-19T02:32:00.000+10:002006-09-19T02:32:00.000+10:00"China is an enormous country, both geographically..."China is an enormous country, both geographically and demographically. Everyone watching China, including this blogger, is trying to feel his elephant with a partial view."<BR/><BR/>Yes, I couldn't agree more with this sentence. Lin Yutang, in the 1935 preface to his well known book, My Country and My People, wrote that "China is too big a country, and her national life has too many facets, for her not to be open to the most diverse and contradictory of interpretations."<BR/><BR/>This is even more true of today's China than it was of the time Lin was writing.<BR/><BR/>I've having an interesting discussion about China's governance and society today, called the "MAJ-Sojourner Debates" which is an attempt to test differing views on China. We'd love to hear your perspective too, Sun Bin, if you're interested. <BR/><BR/>Mark Anthony Jones<BR/>www.journeysthroughchina.blog.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-1158386561966784682006-09-16T16:02:00.000+10:002006-09-16T16:02:00.000+10:00For those angry who blamed Ms Meng, please watch w...For those angry who blamed Ms Meng, please watch what she did in Taipei in this <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr0mUuwdBoQ" REL="nofollow">video</A>Sun Binhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.com