Prologue: The Need for Thymōs

I drove the Morgan Roadster into the Forbidden City in Beijing without a permit and felt the excitement of creating a spectacle which was at once both foolhardy and audacious. The dark blue uniformed police were making their way towards my film crew, and I held back the clamouring crowds craning their necks to see this British sports car that looked as though it had arrived by time machine. I shouted instructions to the photographers from a Chinese magazine to keep filming; I would not lose this perfect PR moment. This British racing green sports car with top down, chrome spoke wheels gleaming in the sunshine within sight of the portrait of Chairman Mao was going to be the cheapest, cheekiest, and most impactful ...

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