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Then toured a prison. I was impressed with how prisoners receive only a bowl of rice, a thermos of tea, and a bucket for sanitary facilities. Recidivism is very low thanks to creative sentencing designed to ensure offenders won’t repeat. Theft rates are minuscule since thieves have their hands cut off. And ever since a man had his eyes burned out, there’s been a sharp decline in the number of overdue library books.

Warmly,

Wish we had something like this back home. Who was it that started all the civil rights commotion in America, anyway? Must’ve been some troublemaker.

Just took off from Beijing and already China is tugging my sleeve, beckoning me to return. The Chinese are such a well-behaved people. They have such reverence for the law. And the greatest thing of all is that in China, it is illegal for private citizens to own those evil weapons that give even the most seasoned police officer nightmares. Camcorders!