Simon Winchester, China, and the Colonial Mind

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Simon Winchester, China, and the Colonial Mind
      

As we learned in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, disasters very efficiently expose the shortcomings of government. There are important questions to ask about building standards and the corruption of local government in Szichuan province. But it's reprehensible to say that those suffering in the aftermath of the Chengdu earthquake are the victims of a backwards and decadent culture. The children of Dujiangyan did not die because their leaders turned their backs on the splendors of the Han Dynasty.
         

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