The sensation is comparable to the epiphany that Adolf Loos, the Viennese architect, experienced when he stepped off a steamship in New York Harbor more than a century ago. He had crossed a threshold into the future; Europe, he realized, was now culturally obsolete.
Man I hope China turns out a nice super power. Like a more populous Canada or something.
In today's China when the government wants to make a statement, authorities round up a bunch of suspected criminals, put them on trial, and execute them. There is an appeal process. Later that day their appeals are rejected, they are taken to a trailer out back immediately, put on their knees and shot in the back of the head.
Man I hope China turns out a nice super power. Like a more populous Canada or something.