Thanks EB for the article. My friends in China tell me that he...

Thanks EB for the article.

My friends in China tell me that he wields a big stick. Officials on the ground carry notebooks with them everywhere they go, taking notes at every meeting he chairs. After he leaves the area, the bureaucrats will re-gather, discuss what the Prez has said, interpret what they thought he said, and work out implementation plans. Madam Toh of iTest was one such diligent "implementors". She's an up and coming civil servant.

It is really a wonder how China gets things done. They have moved 200m people out from poverty since 1996. China's bureaucrats think of how to move the work along. Indian bureaucrats think of how to stall the process down.