Wang Lijun, Chen Guangcheng and Western Amnesia The West expends a lot of energy and time pointing a finger at China and feeling generally morally superior. This is particularly true after two international incidents saw two Chinese celebrities - a gun-slinging incorruptible cop and a blind dissident who daringly escaped house arrest - flee to the sanctuary of American diplomatic outposts, figuratively and legally, the sacred soil of the home of the free. But Western nations would do well to remember that when they were in the midst of their great industrial leaps forward, they were no beacons of freedom or democracy. This is the argument of Anand Giridharadas in his latest Page Two column. Read Anand's column and come back and tell us if you agree. If so, how should that change the way the West interacts with China? Anand also argues that freedoms are coming to China, bit by bit. He points to the Web, even with The Great Firewall, as creating "a new culture of questioning official truths, demanding accountability and airing abuses." And where do you think this will lead?