The Anti-New York Times: Letter to the Editor
An Englishman in China
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LETTERS TO THE ...
Following Monday's rebuttal piece about China's "authoritarian" leader, Xi Jinping, and the rapid progress of China, a long-time reader and English ex-pat living in China wrote in to confirm and expand upon what we had published about the success of what is essentially a Chinese version of market-oriented fascism. His letters, coming from first person experience, were extremely enlightening and uplifting -- yet a bit heart-breaking at the same time.
We say "uplifting" because of our admiration for China's positive energy, self-confidence, economic development and cultural advancement. As lovers of humanity, we wish all the peoples / races of the world the best (well, maybe not so much for some of badly behaving elements we refer to as "the usual suspects"). But we also describe the letter as "heart-breaking" because it makes the painful sense of loss for us westerners all the more stark and acute. We Europeans once had that very same "mojo" which China is now rediscovering. But a certain "they" (cough cough) took it away from us, and it doesn't look like we'll be getting it back anytime soon, if ever.
We read and appreciate all comments / letters which come in -- even though we can't respond to them