P. J. O'Rourke Quotes About China
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You can't get good Chinese takeout in China and Cuban cigars are rationed in Cuba. That's all you need to know about communism.
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The Chinese had gunpowder, but it didn't occur to them to put it in a gun. They possessed the compass but didn't go anywhere. They invented paper, printing, and a written form of their language, but hardly anyone in China was taught to read.
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In Japan people drive on the left. In China people drive on the right. In Vietnam it doesn't matter.
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Everybody in 15th century Spain was wrong about where China was and as a result, Columbus discovered Caribbean vacations.
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It remains to be seen which program will cause greater societal damage: China's one-child policy or America's one-parent policy.
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