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...pair of prime examples is The China Fantasy by James Mann, a former Beijing bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, and The Writing on the Wall, by British journalist Will Hutton. The two volumes are both nominally about China, but their aims are to influence policy in the West. Their subtitles make that much clearer: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression gets second billing on Mann's book, while Hutton's subtitle is Why We Must Embrace China as a Partner or Face It as an Enemy...
...similarities end there. Mann's is a slim volume, an extended essay skewering what he sees as the hypocrisy of U.S. politicians in dealing with China. For the sake of maintaining good trading relations, Mann argues, American leaders have ignored the inconvenient fact that China is run by a repressive, sometimes brutal regime that stands against everything they profess to hold dear: democracy, human rights and freedom. They excuse this behavior with what he calls the "soothing scenario" that China will eventually come around to sharing their values, based on the assumption that democracy is a necessary byproduct of economic...
...experienced in all things Ivy League soccer, not to mention Harvard soccer. Especially for a team that is so young and inexperienced—13 of the returning players were freshmen this past year—Katie’s experience will be greatly appreciated. Freshman keeper Lauren Mann is definitely hoping to learn a few tricks from Shields. Mann, who had Shields as her host for her recruitment trip, heard good things about Shields’ coaching abilities from a friend of hers at Irvine. “She’ll help everyone,” Mann said...
...Party has a long life ahead of it too. For generations of schoolkids it will offer a first encounter with the honor roll of women's history. Who can argue with that? With luck, some of those kids will go on to discover O'Keeffe, Agnes Martin and Sally Mann. Or Kara Walker, Janet Cardiff and Kiki Smith. There are some names in there you don't know? Look them up on the Internet. You can bet a few smart kids will. That's how they'll find out how much more...
Casey is the group’s leader, having started 25 of the team’s 42 games behind the dish last season. After backing up stalwart Schuyler Mann ’05 for two seasons, the Virginia Beach native assumed regular duties in 2006, hitting .267 but striking out 22 times in 86 at-bats and picking up a mere...