HOPE AND CHANGE: Jim Bennett emails:

So according to TNR, the new favorite reading among the young Chinese elite are Leo Strauss and the pro-nazi Carl Schmitt.

People have been comparing China to pre-World War 1 Germany for some time now. Looks like they’re going to skip the spiked-helmet stage and cut straight to the chase. Groovy.

But, no worries. We’ve got Barack Obama on the job.

Nobody tell Tom Friedman about this.