The Last Empire: China's Pollution Problem Goes Global

Deng's quip post Gang of Four - "white cat, black cat it doesn't matter as long as it catches the mice." America, our empire - economically hollowed out of manufacturing industries, allowed to exist by huge foreign currency exchanges is in big trouble. Mother Jones reporter, Jacques Leslie sends along a blockbuster article. Great sidebar listing chrono of farm protests in the last couple years and a fearsome narrative of driving through China's outrageou highway system. Read it here . Kudos to Ayla for the forward.