He also points out that Chinese security agents like to mention the chaos (luan) of India as an example of why democracy is not worth attempting.
She said that the Bird's Nest — Beijing National Stadium — was luan, "chaotic".
In 1949, when wood from the Philippines was available again, the company built the boats in varnished Chris-Craft-grade mahogany (actually, a mahogany relative called luan).
Instead, error is understood as "disorder" (luan) or "confusion" (huo) in drawing distinctions, in effect a failure to perform a skill correctly.
To the Mohists, one suspects, even a moderate degree of diversity in how we draw such distinctions counts as social, moral, and even intellectual "disorder" (luan).
When his brother Luan was killed in an ambush, Haradinaj dragged his body away, under fire, and then carried it on his back over the mountains to Albania for a proper burial.
"I was the center of the crisis, trading the assets that people blame for this disaster," Mr. Luan said.
"Luan took a long, hard look at it and could hardly believe his eyes," Ms. Porter said.
The tour lasts two hours and "combines the history of Wall Street, as well as what's recently transpired," Mr. Luan said.
It can be a little odd to hear Siu-Yong and her fellow wives — Jennifer Lim (of Mr. Hwang's "Chinglish") as the ambitious second wife, Luan, and Lesley Hu as the accommodating third, Eling — trading tart aspersions like the roommates on "Golden Girls".
Hieu and Luan, both in their 30s, appear at the homestay with motorbikes and spare helmets.
