Article that most rings true from today's NYT

This one, by Jake Hooker, on the fallibilities and limits of the Chinese military, as evidenced by its response to the Sichuan earthquake. This article should be introduced into the record at every Congressional hearing on the (alleged) looming military menace from the other side of the Pacific. Previously on this theme here and here and passim.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2008/07/article-that-most-rings-true-from-today-apos-s-nyt/8120/