This past Wednesday I attended a talk with Andrew Mertha about the his interactions with Cambodia and China. Although I didn’t fully understand his role because I arrived a few minutes late, I really enjoyed his talk. He discussed how he spent time in Cambodia, trying to learn as much about China and it’s secrets as possible. Although I didn’t really understand the purpose behind his stories, I really enjoyed his talk.

He talked about how we spent time in Cambodia, and how many people were motivated by money. He mentioned that he wanted to spend time in a library, but it was closed due to holiday. In order to open it, he said he had to pay their salaries for the day, and he had it open to him self. Additionally, they were more than happy to make him copies of top secret documents because they made money.

I thought it was funny to learn about a culture that was so motivated by money. I originally thought that our culture was like that, but based on this, it seemed like we were less.

Overall, I really enjoyed the humor and anecdotal talk.