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...Chinese people have always admired the American people for their pragmatic attitude and creative spirit. My visit to IBM, AT&T and the Bell Laboratory yesterday gave me some first-hand knowledge of the latest successes in modern science and technology. Today's rapid development in science and technology is bringing about increasingly greater impact[s] on global political and economic patterns and on people's social life. If we persist in our reform, we will be able to turn our ideals into reality. In our cause to further open up and achieve modernization, we have spared no efforts...
...hecklers and tough questions from pesky reporters. At a Capitol Hill breakfast, half the Congressmen attending will be critics of China. Political demonstrators are going to dog his every step. China's officials say Jiang is visiting such hallowed points as colonial Williamsburg, Revolutionary Boston and Philadelphia's Liberty Bell to show his "deep democratic impulse"; Clinton's aides say these stopovers lend themselves to friendly lectures on what China needs to do to measure up; critics denounce it all as crass exploitation. How Jiang handles himself through these indignities will limn the image he leaves behind...
...Valley libertarians secretly hope Justice reins in Gates before it's too late. Klein confirmed last week that his investigation of Microsoft remains "ongoing and wide-ranging." Microsoft's planned integration of Explorer into Windows 98 could trigger the most critical antitrust battle since the feds broke up Ma Bell in '84. Gates understands that the browser is the soul of the new machine that will carry us all into the 21st century, and he won't back down. "The point of antitrust law," Myhrvold argues, "is to say, 'Is there a situation that will harm consumers' interests...
Jiang's schedule for Friday includes a breakfast in New York with former president George Bush and a foray into the capitalist world. Jiang will ring the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange, a publicity event tinged with irony because of the stock market roller coaster this week, precipitated by the Hong Kong market's dramatic decline. Jiang will not be greeted in New York by either New York Mayor Rudolf W. Giuliani or Governor George Pataki...
...wearing polyester. All polyester. A leisure-suit jacket, bell-bottoms, and a wide-collar shirt." --Richard A. Cooper...