China's Ode to Legerdemain
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Embellishing the face of China, and thereby enhancing the prestige of its rulers, required something better than reality, a painstakingly idealized hyper-real, and if that required trickery or deception, so be it.
Howard W. French | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics