Li Yuan writes an interesting column in the Wall Street Journal about the Chinese perspective on American business.
Yesterday's column tried to answer the question, “What is US-style philanthropy, anyway?” She comes up with a mixed bag, and some of the reasons she finds for why Americans give their time and money for others are quite funny. She also points out that although Americans surely are a charitable lot, we are often more willing to send it to unnamed “poor people” abroad than to our own families.