MutantfrogApr 14, 2023

Happy to say that Thomas Friedman remains the king of vapid cliches.

"Truth be told, both countries have so demonized the other of late that it is easy to forget how much we have in common as people. I can’t think of any major nation after the United States with more of a Protestant work ethic and naturally capitalist population than China."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/14/opinion/china-america-relationship.html

Opinion | America, China and a Crisis of Trust

A trip to Beijing and Taiwan showed me how the United States and China are fated to cooperate and doomed to compete.

The New York Times
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"I have to say, though, Americans and Chinese remind me of Israelis and Palestinians in one respect: They are both expert at aggravating the other’s deepest insecurities."

Actually, no, you do not have to say that.

Apr 14, 2023 at 7:57pmWeb