Unhappy authors catering to customers

Some international critics are again magnifying events in China.

By lumping China's counter-criticism of arguments claiming its high savings for the financial crisis and central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan's ideas about long-term international currency reform with the newly published book China is Unhappy, they seem to suggest that a rising tide of nationalism is urging a sell-off of US treasury bills, a walkout from the IMF, refusals to help troubled economies and military confrontations.

A good China, as the image that may be reflected from their reports, is a country sitting docilely at the far end of the conference table, raising a quiet hand to any motion that the chairman wants to pass, never asking a question, always ready to sign a large check.