Word: chung
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...Staff writer Juliet J. Chung can be reached at jchung@fas.harvard.edu...
...Strictly Confidential I Bet Mom Saw This Call it the e-mail that ate my life. Peter Chung was Master of the Universe, flexing his expense account in Seoul as associate of The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm that has among its advisers James Baker III. He couldn't believe his good fortune?and couldn't resist sharing news of it 10 days after his arrival with a small circle of far-flung friends. Wrote the giddy 24-year-old in an e-mail: "I know I was a stud in NYC but I pretty much get about...
...surrounded himself with a group of thirtysomething aides known as the "Boy Scouts." That has emboldened critics and possibly created a gap that even his enthusiasm can't bridge. "He freezes too many people out, even from his own party," complains former adviser turned political columnist Hu Chung-hsin. "He doesn't know how to make a deal." Chen has vowed to form a coalition with one of the two opposition parties after December's legislative elections. The challenge may be to find a partner. A year ago, Chen was able to bolt together a leadership team simply because...
...argue and out-campaign his rival, whether that was opposing counsel or a KMT politician. His method was bluntly effective and essentially unchanged from his academic blueprint: work harder, better and longer and eventually you will persevere. "He's a workaholic. He just doesn't stop studying," says Hu Chung-hsin, a former adviser. Hu thinks it all traces back to Chen's poverty: "He's insecure about his past...
...Crimson staff writer Juliet J. Chung contributed to the reporting of this article...