Twenty five years ago, I published a book, China and the American Dream, about how the stories that Americans and Chinese used to frame their understandings of each other had developed over the previous quarter century. This was an exercise in the comparative sociology of culture – my...

Banking on reform. At the Purple Light Pavilion -- Chinese bodies, foreign technology -- Dealmaking with Chinese characteristics -- Real gold and silver -- Your Chairman has gone to sleep -- Cleaning the stables in Guangdong -- School for success -- Saving Shangri-La -- One bank, two systems --...