Interesting Read

I just finished reading "Understanding China," a very interesting book about China's political and economic systems authored by John Bryant Starr, a former UC Berkeley and Yale professor. This is one of the first books I've read about China that is not optimistic about the future prospects. The author conisistently argues that the myriad problems faced by the Chinese are too large and complicated to be handled by the inept and corrupt central government. While I disagree with many of his findings, I found it refreshing to read an alternative to the down-right giddy reporting on China's econoimc outlook that appears in most newspapers and magazines. Link to Amazon page on Understanding China...