Dilemmas at the start of a new administration — in 2021 America and 1801 China
William Rowe's "Speaking of Profit: Bao Shichen and Reform in Nineteenth Century China," about the transition from the Qianlong Emperor to the Jiaqing Emperor, is particularly meaningful to read on this day, as America faces a strange mix of optimism and dread, the end of one administration and the start of another.
