Word: choy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...very much like the Soviet Union's permanent bureaucracy, the nomenklatura. They have coasted for years under the old system, and they dislike Deng's perestroika because it asks them to compete like capitalists, and capitalism has losers. "Keeping their jobs is their No. 1 priority," says Sinclair Choy, a marine engineer from Hong Kong, who in partnership with a coastal town on the mainland runs a fishing boat-repair business. "Order, stability, calm," says Choy. "That's what these Chinese officials want. Anything that threatens to upset the applecart sets them...
...Choy and I are speaking on the ferry from Hong Kong to the mainland, where he hopes finally to convince his Chinese partners that the incentive system should be introduced at their business. "Everyone is paid the same at our place, even though many are willing to work harder for more money," says Choy. "But my Chinese government partners don't want to upset those who are lazy by allocating bonuses according to merit. They have their own version of the iron rice bowl, and they don't care if incentives will result in greater productivity and more profit...
...involved [reading] a lot of literature," Choy said. "I worked on it for a year and a half--I spent my summers here...
...Choy, a biochemistry major, said she wrote her thesis about "a new gene that possibly unwinds DNA," which her advisor found. She said that he had assigned her to "characterize" the gene...
...Choy said she plans to spend $500 of her prize money this summer, but that she will put the other $1000 away to pay for medical school, which she plans to attend in August...