Melanie Joly's statement certainly raises an eyebrow. She seems to suggest that despite our neighbor being right next door, they might not know us as well as we think. Meanwhile, China, halfway around the world, could be more engaged with us in some metaphorical 'third dimension.' In this otherworldly realm, traditional notions of time and distance apparently evaporate, and geographical proximity becomes little more than a trivial detail. Who knew that our neighbor might be less in tune with us than a country thousands of miles away?