http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/05/the-china-show/ Informed reflection on the events of the day Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.23 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/05/the-china-show/comment-page-1/#comment-12504 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:47:00 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=5470#comment-12504 Mr. Eberhardt made a splendid comparison of his current environment to the film “the Turman Show.” But I doubted it could be phrased as “the China show.” His activity area is limited in Beijing, and his contacts are limited to those bilingual Chinese students and scholars. From Mr. Eberhardt’s point of view, it might be true that he is living in a circumstance like where Truman lives. But to all the Chinese who can read English, we would rather call it “the Eberhardt show.”

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