A work in progress

摘要

If there was one thing that the world's tycoons agreed on at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, it was that the Chinese state is a paragon of efficiency-es-pecially compared with the doltish, venal clowns in Washington and Brussels. "Beijing really gets things done," sighed one American chief executive. "Their government people are so much smarter: it's terrifying," enthused one of the world's richest men.