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The EU does not so much kick policy proposals down the road as place them in bureaucratic black holes. What comes out—and when—is a matter of happenstance Illustration: Peter Schrank

The Gulf has experienced a common shock from the war in Iran, but the conflict will have unequal consequences. We explain why Illustration: Javier Palma

Alan Greenspan “leaves behind a legacy so complex that historians will spend decades parsing it”, writes Peter Conti-Brown. The lesson for his successors is clear, argues the Wharton School professor in a guest essay Illustration: Dan Williams

With a new AI model China is competing on ability, cost and openness. The offering looks both compelling and timely. Register for free to find out why Illustration: The project twins

“‘Social justice’ is simply a quasi-religious superstition… which we must fight when it becomes the pretext of coercing other men. And the prevailing belief in ‘social justice’ is at present probably the gravest threat to most other values of a free civilization.” — F.A. Hayek The Henry Nowak murder, the Pakistani muslim rape gang report, and the political response that followed are the perfect illustration. True justice is individual. It exists only to protect a person’s life, liberty, and property from aggression. The same clear rules apply to everyone, regardless of skin color, ancestry, or group grievances. No special treatment. No collective score-settling. Social justice and “collective rights” do the opposite. They turn an inconvenience or conflict involving one person into a supposed crime against his entire identity group. The state then feels entitled to bend procedures, evidence standards, and equal protection to “protect” the narrative of that group. This is how you manufacture a two-tier system where some individuals are worth more than others depending on which demographic box they check. The dying man gets handcuffed while officers entertain the killer’s racism claim. Facts become secondary to group identity. That is the destruction of justice. Tribal collectivism dressed up as morality. Hayek saw where this road leads. Britain is already on it. Reject the mirage before the rule of law collapses for everyone.

This is genuinely shocking, and says so much about our approach to China. I decided to check for independent reviews of the English version Xi Jinping's latest book, published a year ago, to see what people had to say about it since I hadn't read it myself. To my surprise, I couldn't find any: not a single thoughtful review about the book out there! Even on Amazon, check it for yourself ( the book has only 3 ratings, that's it. No matter where you stand on China, you’ve got to admit that’s pretty crazy: the sitting president of the world's rising superpower publishes a 700-page book explaining exactly what he's doing and why, and we don’t even care to look. If there ever was a fact that illustrates just how willfully ignorant we are about China, this is it. All the more because we then go spew the usual clichés around how secretive and impenetrable the Chinese system is: the book is on Amazon for $21 for crying out loud! Anyhow, this felt so wrong that I figured I'd fix it. I bought the book, read it attentively and wrote what I hope you'll agree is a thoughtful review of it. The book contains genuinely surprising passages, such as Xi writing that oversight of the Communist Party by "the judiciary, the public, and the media" was not just something the Party must “readily accept,” but something that he framed as historically decisive - an essential component to "escaping the historical cycle of rise and fall" that has doomed every dynasty in China's history. Other passage that I'm sure would surprise many: a common narrative out there is that China blames the West for the century of humiliation and is driven by revenge. Well, Xi explains that's not true at all: the century of humiliation was China's own mistake, originated in the Ming Dynasty's disastrous "policy of national seclusion" that "resulted in China missing out on the opportunities presented by the Industrial Revolution" and "led to China’s decline." All in all, the book is remarkably self-reflective and thoughtful. For instance Xi recognizes that his drive for “full and rigorous internal governance” - including to rid the Party of corruption - risked "instill[ing] fear and apprehension, or intimidate members into inaction.” He emphasizes the need for pragmatism in this regard, codified in a framework called the “Three Distinctions” that separates honest mistakes - made while experimenting, reforming, or operating without precedent - from deliberate violations committed for personal gain. And many other surprises still. I found it a genuinely fascinating read for anyone interested in how the Chinese system works and how Xi thinks - or anyone interested in governance, period, as so much of what he writes is pretty universally applicable. This is the link to my review of the book, an article I titled "The Book the West Refuses to Read":

A recent spate of hyperbolic reports in America are polluting the space for monitoring and parrying the real challenges from China Illustration: Cornelia Li

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