That was a superb presentation by Bruce Aylward. Jones: thanks for pointing it out.
I must ruefully admit that Chinese communism does seem well suited for dealing with this. But, more than that, what Aylward emphasized is the scientific, rational, pragmatic, data-driven approach. That's as much part of U.S., European and Japanese culture as it is Chinese. I'd like to think so, anyway. It is unfortunate that the U.S. effort will be headed up by nitwits who don't even believe in the Theory of Evolution. This is like assigning energy policy to someone who has no idea where electricity comes from. It is unfortunate, but I hope not disastrous. I hope they stay out of the way and let qualified people do their jobs. I fear that even the qualified people will ignore the lessons from China.
