Word: canton
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...CANTON, Ohio--Paul Hornung, whose Golden Boy image was tarnished in the 1960s when it was disclosed he had bet on NFL games, finally made it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on his 15th try. Fourteen times previously, the former Green Bay Packers halfback failed to get enough support for the Hall...
...been to 37 countries, but never the People's Republic of China. This initial visit occurred at a propitious time: China has introduced sweeping economic reforms that place greater emphasis on free-market forces. Time's guest journalists got a firsthand look at Chinese-style capitalism in Peking, Shanghai, Canton and in the special economic zone of Shenzhen. The high point of the visit was a 70- minute conversation with China's leader, Deng Xiaoping. While it was clear that China has a long and difficult march ahead on the capitalist road, the Time contingent came away impressed. As Time...
...including an assignment as TIME's Eastern Europe bureau chief (1981-83). Says Hornik: "That background was really useful as I tried to discern how far its economic reforms have taken China from orthodox Marxism-Leninism." Stationed in Peking since April, Hornik has traveled widely: to Shanghai twice, to Canton and to Shenzhen, one of China's foreign trade and export zones. Perhaps his most absorbing trip was to the huge heartland province of Sichuan. Says Hornik: "It gave me a better feel for China than any other region that I have been to. Until you see the ageless rice...
...months later, the leadership announced that it was taking a fresh look at the so-called Special Economic Zones, like Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong, and Zhuhai, south of Canton. The zones were created in 1979 to attract foreign investment and foster export trade while concentrating foreign influences in coastal areas. Shenzhen, Zhuhai and two other such zones apparently performed less satisfactorily than expected. As a consequence, plans for 14 similar enclaves were scaled back. Where Deng once described Shenzhen as a major element in his economic program, he now talked of it as an "experiment." "We hope it will...
...John Hancock Building in Boston. But he had no intention of staying when he came to the U.S. in 1935 at 18 to study engineering at M.I.T. After switching to architecture, he got his degree in 1940 and soon enrolled in the Harvard School of Design. Meanwhile, back in Canton, his father, a member of a wealthy banking family, suggested he not return "until things settle down." They never did, since the war was followed by the Communist takeover. Although Pei's success in the U.S. was growing, he "had trouble cutting the ties" to China. In 1954, one year...