For the record, I am sticking with my claim that the simultaneous degradation of air quality, water quality, water supply, food safety, soil quality, and other environment-related variables is the main challenge to China's continued development.

Contrary to what you might think, China's economy is relatively less efficient, and more polluting, than those of rich countries.

A basic rule of life for reporters is that you should spend your time talking with and learning about people who are not sending you press releases, rather than those who are.

Environmental disaster is the gravest threat to China's continued development. That's according to me, but it is not some wacko view.

I am explicitly not opening the giant can of worms that is the ongoing current discussion of patent, copyright, and trademark reform.

Up or out" greatly magnified the careerist emphasis on holding a position rather than doing a job.

The whole point of constitutional democracy is the peaceful transfer of power; of Al Gore passing the baton to George W. Bush, even though that election was very suspiciously called.