Monday, March 31, 2008

Oh New York Times

Directly quoted from the New York Times. Awesome quote.

Or there’s the National Palace Museum, set back in the steep, green mountains that rise at the northern edge of the city. When it fled the mainland, Chiang’s army brought along the world’s most significant collection of Chinese art, which fills the museum’s galleries. "I was always fascinated by that decision,” Irmin Pao, the publisher, told me. "They’ve lost the battle, they’re trying to get out of China, bullets are flying, and someone has to pack all those vases. It’s very Indiana Jones,” he joked. "For that reason alone, China will never let us be independent.”

1 comment:

Nomad0921 said...

We DO get spoiled getting the Sunday Times and luxuriating in it in the morning! Even Uncle John will take the magazine and tackle the crossword when he is here. It is a rare occasion when I see a bad article there - one of the last bastions of consistently solid journalism.