In “Should we give China a break?“, the Washington Post’s John Pomfret explains why maybe, just maybe, we need to lighten up a bit on China. The blog post rightly criticizes two recent pieces that appeared in the NY Times and Washington Post and that rather unabashedly attempt to paint China with a single stroke. Pomfret reminds his compatriots that they’re talking out of their ass. I say good on ‘em.
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