• China,  Politics & Current Events

    “Let China sleep for when she wakes the world will shake”

    So said Napoleon Bonaparte presciently two hundred years ago. I am not sure if Napoleon was focused purely on the military aspects or whether he saw China’s potential in broader terms. Napoleon’s admonition came to mind during a recent visit we made to China. We spent close to four weeks there and were truly STUNNED by the progress the country has made. The world saw what China achieved in terms of the Olympics in 2008 and in a sense that event is a microcosm of what they have achieved in other respects. Despite all the new construction, the Chinese have made a concerted attempt to enhance and preserve their numerous…

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