There were many memorable moments and quotes during the three-plus days of the Brigham-Kanner Property Rights Conference in Beijing. But perhaps the most telling came our way second-hand from an ear witness:
At the farewell banquet, a prominent American lawyer was toasting the Tsinghua University Law School students, raising his class with the salute “to the future leaders of China!”
A Tsinghua dean acknowledged the toast, raised his own glass and interjected: “to the future leaders of the world!”
