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To avoid disappointment a visitor should have realistic expectations about the restaurants in China today, most of which are below standards set in Hong Kong, Taipei and New York. Despite the country's ancient traditions of cuisine, most chefs now are out of practice when it comes to fine and...
Perhaps, indeed. The 16-day congress could not have come at a more sensitive time. At issue amid the ongoing political turmoil is China's leadership into the 21st century. On one side are ambitious young reformers who want to press ahead with the radical innovations such as profits and...
The warring factions have since settled into an uneasy standoff, as Deng has sought the middle ground. That was clearly evident last week when Premier Zhao Ziyang, a leading Deng disciple, delivered the Congress's opening address. While some reformers "are not sober-minded enough," Zhao declared in his 1...
The Steenwijk family plays board games, reads Spinoza and believes that a sound classical education constitutes an excellent preparation for life. Outside, in January 1945, the war is still going on. But aside from a shortage of food and fuel, it has not troubled this serenely bourgeois Dutch family. And...
Despite repeated assertions by acting Communist Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang that the campaign against bourgeois liberalization would be restricted to the Communist Party, the conservative movement has now spread to all Chinese institutions. Two weeks ago, the 3.5 million-member People's - Liberation Army signed up. Said a P.L.A...