Yes, I am vulgar and fearless, and loudly indifferent to convention and limitation. - Thorsten Pattberg

Just like in Europe in the feudal days, the typical Chinese public servant today drags himself around with little or no money, and thus stays close to his master. In the past, that was the emperor, now it is the party. Can China's new government end corruption? (2013), The Japan Times, Tokyo

Hey, China, You look like one of us. Look what we've made you!

Not a single Buddha, bodhisattva, or shengren in Europe, but in Asia: all philosophers and saints? What is that probability?