Word: communisme
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...retaking of territory held in the Qing dynasty—such as Hong Kong, Tibet and Macao —as a symbol of its resurgence in the face of Western opposition. On the other hand, traditional American foreign policy has portrayed Taiwan as a foothold of democracy against Communism. To avoid conflict on the issue, the two sides have agreed to a detente over the issue—the U.S. officially recognizes only “One China,” and China has moderated its rhetoric of reconquest...
...place of the party's discarded communism has come a nervous nationalism, rooted in a perception that China has been the victim of more than a century of foreign bullying - and is being targeted once again, this time by the U.S. "hegemonists." That nationalism is now the binding ideology of the new China, and its most enthusiastic champions are often the Nike-wearing, Big Mac-munching students being groomed to run China Inc. It is a sentiment Jiang can scarcely ignore...
According to the files, on June 14, 1954 Business School officials received an anonymous tip that Ann and Ray Ginger might be called before the Massachusetts Commission to Investigate Communism...
...Some researchers say the collapse of communism has also changed the way young adults throughout Europe, East and West, organize their lives and imagine their careers. Stefan Baumann, a manager of the Hamburg-based Trend Bureau, says that the disappearance of "an alternative to capitalism" has made the "primacy of the economy" the governing principle of their lives. Politics and ideology consumed their parents, but Europe's young professionals are now more likely to invest their jobs with social significance...
...Popehood is mistaken and even offensive. After all, the choice of John Paul II surprised the world, as did every other recent papal election except for that of Paul VI in 1963. Certainly the fateful role the current Pope has played in history--hastening Europe's escape from Soviet communism--has, for many, an otherworldly quality. Will the Holy Spirit indeed pick the new Pope? Perhaps, but it will have only human beings from which to choose...