Thanks for taking out the time to respond.

Your point is well taken. I am not Chinese myself, though I do come from another so-called third world country — India. However, even in India, the “Chinese” tag has the same universal meaning and symbolism and we continue to face the threat of an economic intrusion — if not invasion — from our cheaper neighbour.

But I am still not convinced that China, or for that matter, any place where things are made cheaper, does not produce people who know HOW things ought to be done.

I am eurocentric, of course, because this is where i grew up and where i live and work. Pretending to be politically correct about the so-called Third World is much more derogatory than honestly stating one’s position. And we are in competition across the world, for work, resources, finance. In Europe we neither have cheap labour nor enough natural resources. So we have to sell our abilities instead. One day China will undersell us there as well and I doubt that we’ll be able to ask for considerate treatment then.

I went over the new website and cannot help but appreciate and admire a lot of the work in there. But with attitude should come a sense of appropriateness and humility — areas where some work still needs to be put in — perhaps.

For the records, I keep coming back to your work for it inspires me and challenges me. I am looking forward to hearing you speak at Mumbai in September.