Q: Is there a book you've read in the past few months that has impressed you?A: The books that are always on my shelves are books about history, because I believe history is like a mirror, and I like to read both Chinese history and history of foreign countries. There are two books that I often travel with. One is The Theory of Moral Sentiments, by Adam Smith. The other is The Meditations [of Marcus Aurelius]. There are too many memoirs selling nowadays. I don't like reading those books.
While Wen's politics are often objectionable, I'll second his motion regarding history vs. memoirs.
The image shows Wen in 2007 honoring a photograph taken by China's first lunar probe.
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