Oh one more thing: Ian Johnson, Pulitzer Prize winner for China reporting and brief correspondent with the "cut off" undersigned, writes in the current edition of the New York Review of Books an article entitled "When the Chinese Were Unspeakable." IanJohnsonUnspeakableChinese

I hesitated to read it but finally did and sent Mr. Johnson the following email:

Oh my God, Ian, what an excruciating story. Thank you for writing it.

There were times during my amateur's work on the CR that I thought, "This is going to drive me out of my mind." I had to take breaks, I couldn't do it non-stop, all the time. It is unspeakable.

Regards,
Ben