The Canadian Government does not want to be outdone by the US Finance-dependent Feds who are treating most of its taxpayer and citizens as hoi polloi and hosers who can and will be taken to tax to the tune of $TRILLIONs. Its an ongoing...
Both fascinating and frustrating reading. The story of Joseph Needham collecting together the history and legacy of China's technological triumph's is utterly fascinating. But frustrating is the failure of Winchester to shed clear light on why a)China did not already have such a hitorical trove in Beijing and b) why did China miss out on the Industrial Revolution while Japan, even more reclusive, did not.
