http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/05/06/buffet-on-china/ New Media researcher Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:03:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/05/06/buffet-on-china/#comment-165540 Tue, 13 May 2008 16:26:03 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/05/06/buffet-on-china/#comment-165540 Thanks Andrew for a great post - it's most definitely the case that very few media outlets in the West succeed in putting the China story in its proper historical context, so it's enlightening to hear that Buffett and Munger are willing to go there. Hope all is well with you in Beijing - hope to see you this summer! ~ Nicole Thanks Andrew for a great post - it’s most definitely the case that very few media outlets in the West succeed in putting the China story in its proper historical context, so it’s enlightening to hear that Buffett and Munger are willing to go there. Hope all is well with you in Beijing - hope to see you this summer! ~ Nicole

]]> http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/05/06/buffet-on-china/#comment-161838 Tue, 06 May 2008 20:34:53 +0000 http://www.andrewlih.com/blog/2008/05/06/buffet-on-china/#comment-161838 There is an amazingly naive historical/moral fallacy that inhibits reform in Buffett's statement: "in the end those issues were resolved." And how were those issues resolved? By protest and criticism. Whether and the extent to which engagement with China is effective is an intersting policy question subject subject to social and political science but if we did not permit productive criticism because no one is perfect, no one would improve. There is an amazingly naive historical/moral fallacy that inhibits reform in Buffett’s statement: “in the end those issues were resolved.” And how were those issues resolved? By protest and criticism. Whether and the extent to which engagement with China is effective is an intersting policy question subject subject to social and political science but if we did not permit productive criticism because no one is perfect, no one would improve.

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