Zhao Jinglun (Dec. 31, 1923—Jan. 24, 2015) was a Nieman Fellow, class of 1981. He was the chief opinions writer for The Asian-American Times (NYC) and a columnist for the Hong Kong Economic Journal.
With the world changing fast, people need to keep up with it, preserving what works, and to keep improving the world system to make it fairer and more just.
With moderate Syrian rebel forces are losing more bases, the U.S. plan to arm and train armed organizations on the ground to fight the Islamic State has now pretty much gone up in smoke.