Recent reads

A couple of interesting blog posts from something calling itself the "SF Commonwealth Office in Taiwan". Official or not, they offer explanation for some of Smith's elliptic and eccentric (to western ears) writing style.

http://danjalin.blogspot.com/2007/11/rediscovery-of-cathay-chinese-elements.html
http://danjalin.blogspot.com/2007/11/rediscovery-of-cathay-chinese-elements_16.html