[Wolfstar]

As a counterpoint to the glitter surrounding the APEC summit, I thought I'd post this reminder that Vietnam is a communist country. It is struggling to follow the current red Chinese model of economic liberation with government and social restriction. It is a model that not only can and will in China, but it is one that the Chinese have practiced in one form or another throughout their two millennia history. Whether or not it will work elsewhere remains to be seen.

Cattle graze on the outskirts of Hanoi. (In this pic, Hanoi looks much like San Francisco of about a century ago, before the 1906 earthquake.)

[Wolfstar]

ALL CLEAR!

[hoosierpearl]

That picture doesn't give them much to brag about. The public buildings look new and modern, that last picture looks dismal.

Thanks for posting the dose.