For the record:
1) A very nice article on China's aerospace ambitions, by Kelly Chung Dawson, in China Daily. Of course I am particularly grateful for this one.
2) Also grateful for Eric Liu's article, in Time, about the real dynamics of US-China competition.
3) And to Brendan Koerner for his item in the Zocalo's Summer Beach Bag reading list.
4) And to Margaret Slattery for her roundup of a Foreign Policy summer reading list.
Seriously, thanks to all for their gracious attention. Hey, read up!
(Pretty soon, on my book website, I'll do a compendium of video clips and reviews, fyi.)
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James Fallows is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and has written for the magazine since the late 1970s. He has reported extensively from outside the United States and once worked as President Carter's chief speechwriter. He and his wife, Deborah Fallows, are the authors of the new book Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America, which has been a New York Times best-seller and is the basis of a forthcoming HBO documentary.