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...traditional spellings on now outdated Chinese maps. Among the unhappy Sinologists was Tufts University Professor Donald Klein. Said he: "It's driving me up the wall. It's hard enough to get my students to remember such names as the Yangtze River. If I now have to change it to Chang Jiang, it would confuse them beyond hope...
...most infamous members of this enemy group are the Gang of Four, who have yet to be tried, more than two years after they were arrested. "Our struggle against the Gang of Four is a very sharp and complicated class struggle, a life and death struggle," says Chang Chunglin, a deputy director of research at Peking's Law Institute, "and people who have experience in such struggles know quite well that they are difficult to deal with and still go through all necessary legal procedures." Until recently the "enemies" made up as much as 5% of the population...
...Beethoven Concert--benefit concert for PBH; Yo Yo Ma, cello; Lynn Chang; violin; Richard Kogan, piano; Sanders Theater...
...Peking for the past two weeks. In an atmosphere reminiscent of London's lively Hyde Park Speakers' Corner, the voices of young orators demanding "true freedom, true democracy and true human rights" echoed through the early winter dusk. Thousands filed past "democracy wall" at the intersection of Chang An Avenue and Hsi Tan Street to inspect wall posters castigating some members of the ruling Politburo, policies decreed by the sainted Great Helmsman, the late Mao, and by implication, China's Chairman and Premier, Hua Kuo-feng...
...journalists and diplomats were permitted to read the posters carefully and to make notes. A week ago the atmosphere became even more friendly. Foreigners were greeted by smiles when they appeared in T'ien An Men Square or at the "democracy wall" poster site at the intersection of Chang An Avenue and Hsi Tan Street. They were quickly surrounded by eager citizens who besieged them for calling cards and engaged them in impromptu political seminars. Says Fraser: "It was electric. You went down to look at the posters, and suddenly you found yourself talking to a crowd...