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It is fantastic to have you chronicle your experiences. They are unusual and at a interesting time in history. Do you have opinions on any of the following points?

• I have lived in China and visit as often as I can. I have many Chinese friends, including many in the Communist party, who will talk politics with me frankly. Many experienced the Cultural Revolution in a profound way. Not one person I have spoken to has anything close to a positive opinion of the event and it is referred to as "the mistake"; they otherwise are very proud of their country. Do you find the same in talking to Chinese friends? If so how do you reconcile this with your own opinions?

• The most common western explanation for the Cultural Revolution is that MaoZeDung started it to grab power back from the technocrats and more pragmatic party members. Again how do you reconcile this with your opinions?

• The Cultural Revolution did not erase 1000s of years of Chinese culture as some have are saying here. Living in China for a few years will make that clear to anyone. Modernity is more of a threat. Also it is true many did die, but before people from the USA lecturer others, an honest analysis and body count of USA global activities should be made.

Did N. Korea correspond to the impression we get through the media. I realise you were carefully chaperoned, but it is still possible to get a general sense of the place.

The term Alt-Right has been rendered meaningless by its overuse as a pejorative. No amount of definition after the fact will now change that.

This is a serious and well intended question, I am sure you are very well meaning.

Have you, or your co-workers, ever considered that this is neo-Colonialism? ie, that you are imposing Western value systems on others.

Your curriculum is very Western, uses a feminist symbol and you are funded by USAID. The missionaries from the 1800's thought they were doing good things as well.

Do you see this as a future trend in publishing?

Just as the music industry was revolutionized by the Internet, this might be beginning of a new paradigm for the written word. This has happened before in history.

What is considered worthy of reading has been controlled by powerful cliques, what we have access to has been decided by powerful publishing houses and the media. I find your success uplifting, well done!