The Chinese economy has grown so fast for so long that it is easy to forget how unlikely its metamorphosis into a global powerhouse was, how much of its ascent was improvised, @panphil writes in the opener of our China Rules special report https://t.co/OC7SWyfwFz
@Tesseracta regarding your article on refusing prizes, I suggest you could add Grigory Perelman to your list. He refused both the Field Medal, and the 1million $ Clay institute prize for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture.
NYT special report: In Japan, a danchi (housing complex) of 171 nearly identical buildings is known for "lonely deaths." Here's what it's like to live there https://t.co/fEuxPClYV6