Which comes first: democracy or the rule of law? Via Lokman:

Intriguing chat transcript between Larry Diamond, Stanford Political Science Professor and Coit Blacker and Donald Emmerson, both from the Institute of International Studies, Stanford. The topic is whether democracy comes first or rule of law. I think it is interesting to see how the question is posed, it rules out the possibility of the two together (it is either or).

Also via Lokman—and in fact, hosted by him—is a foil to Living in China: Living Outside China. (use the Chinese Tool to read it.)