He approached the dragon and said, "I'm sorry.

But what is it like riding this subterranean dragon?

For decades Mr. Vogel had studied China, Japan and the other dragons of East Asia.

When you are diagnosed with a serious illness, you are hit hard with unequivocal evidence of your physical fallibility; you can plainly see the dragon at the bottom of the well snapping its jaws.

And the Asian dragon is going to spend or invest that capital as it sees fit, no matter what happens with the U.S. dollar, Western budget deficits, or the global economic recovery.