While we have turned our economies into a giant counting of other people’s money, and fussed about what statues go on the plinths, the Chinese have got on with the business of high civilisation.
Communists don’t need any lessons from us, in the ancient art, which has recently enjoyed something of a revival in the west, of fussing publicly about what statues should go on plinths. And as for counting money, wasn’t it the Chinese that invented the abacus?
Whilst I rejoice in Chinese performances of western classics I am also aware of less desirable developments in the Central Kingdom
Well, if I don’t always succeed, I try not to be a running dog of capitalist imperialism.
Communists don’t need any lessons from us, in the ancient art, which has recently enjoyed something of a revival in the west, of fussing publicly about what statues should go on plinths. And as for counting money, wasn’t it the Chinese that invented the abacus?