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Jim Fallows has posted an elaboration on the argument he had with Niall Ferguson at the Aspen Ideas Festival about China's political evolution.

Sue and I had dinner with Jim and Deb in Aspen last night.  They head to Washington today.  We stay on. The Rockie Mountain high is wonderful.

Discord in Aspen

In his column in today's New York Times, David Brooks describes a dustup at the Aspen Ideas Festival between Harvard's Niall Ferguson and The Atlantic's James Fallows about the future of China's integration with America and the world.  Interesting.

UPDATE: Video below, from the website of the Aspen Ideas Festival: