All the Olympic conversation, apart from the sport
At least the Islamic threat, if any, seems more serious in India than in China - You
"Ever since I returned to the United States in 2004 from my last posting to China, as this newspaper's Beijing bureau chief, I've been struck by the breathless way we talk about that country. So often, our perceptions of the place have more to do with how we look at ourselves than with what's actually happening over there" - You
"Du suggested that much of the visibility problem was moisture in the air, and could be likened to looking through steam "while taking a bath in the bathroom." "It's not necessarily pollution," he said." - You