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China: making sense

Written byOiwan Lam
Posted 8 September 2006 20 years ago

Picking up the discussion concerning Meng Guangmei and Toiletgate in DANWEI , Sun bin carries on the discussion to the phenomenon of “Feeling the China elephant” in China-related internet forum and blogs written in English:

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.It is also very easy to reach an absurd conclusion if one is not careful.

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