What Is China? Part II: Members Respond

Published: January 21, 2010

Two weeks ago, we published the issue “What Is China?” Since then, we have gotten the largest response wave in our history. At the request of members, we allowed extended distribution of the issue, and later put it up on our blog, “A Bright Fire,” where it also created the largest response rate we’ve seen.

Given this level of interest and response, I thought the best service I could provide our membership this week would be to share member responses. To the best of my knowledge, this issue contains all of the letters we have received on the subject. If responses seem (almost) universally positive, please be aware that this is not the result of any selection process. It is the view of the membership.