Plug into Chinese version of 'God's laws'

With his white beard and red cheeks American Kevin Kelly looks as sturdy as Santa Claus. Nicknamed KK, the 58-year-old former executive editor of Wired magazine outran most of his juniors, when climbing the Great Wall during his recent China tour - a packed four-day affair.

Sixteen years after the publication of his prophetic bestseller Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World, KK is sure its newly released Chinese translation will find a large audience in China.

The book, with the central theme of how a decentralized social system can be a great power in the world, foresees the advent of new technologies such as cloud computing and the Internet of things.