By the Editor: In his book The Tipping Point Malcolm Gladwell describes a point, that magic moment when ideas, trends and social behaviour cross a threshold, tip and spread like wildfire. Much has been written in this Journal on China’s ascendency, much of which has been relatively obscured by keeping a low profile promoted by an unrelenting and ruthless information campaign. But the ‘Middle Kingdom’ has broken cover – in part driven by circumstance – and the author here asks a critical question we must address. For many, where one state declines and another rises to meet it, such circumstance…
