Anand Giridharadas
Column Writer, New York Times
Anand Giridharadas writes the “Currents” column for the New York Times and its global edition, the International Herald Tribune. He is the author of “India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking.”
May 16, 2012
Many in the West take a simplistic view of the current challenges China faces and fail to appreciate that China is indeed opening up and becoming freer, at its own pace. The West would do well to remember the challenges and lack of freedoms their own countries faced while they progressed through their history.