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...historical site. He is part of a core of KMT politicians-and a surviving handful of military veterans who arrived in Taiwan in 1949 as part of Chiang's fleeing Nationalist Army-who argue that the dictator paved the way for rapid postwar economic progress and fended off a Communist invasion. Those who suffered under four decades of brutal martial law, along with many younger Taiwan citizens, aren't shedding tears, however. "Most of those statues were built by the KMT when they were trying to control the thinking of the people," says Taipei resident Ellen Wang...
...largesse to build a raft of global alliances, now exploiting the big screen to spread propaganda for his socialist revolution? Chavez critics in Washington, like Florida congressman Connie Mack, are blasting Glover for cutting "a sweetheart movie deal" with Chavez, whom they denounce as a protege of Cuba's communist comandante, Fidel Castro...
...Born in Thailand, Vergès fought in the French Resistance before becoming a lawyer, defending Communist students who protested the departure of French soldiers to the Algierian war. In Algeria he took up the case of Djamila Bohired, the anti-colonial bomber of cafés. After he won her freedom, they married and had two children. He then vanished for eight years, returning to become the lawyer of choice for terrorists - or freedom fighters? - from Europe and the Middle East. ("Today's Palestinian," he says, "is yesterday's Algerian.") Some of these participants speak fondly onscreen of their...
...wonder if even the curriculum’s designers admire its startling unoriginality. Former Dean of the Faculty, William C. Kirby’s words on the vote were reminiscent of Communist China (as he acknowledged): "The motion was passed unanimously although many comrades were opposed." It is no doubt difficult to get even a fraction of our faculty to agree on anything, but their lingering concerns with regard to this important vote point to serious flaws...
...possibly making itself an even bigger target by going on a buying spree similar to Japan's in the late 1980s and early '90s: Japan buys Hollywood! Japan buys Pebble Beach! Japan buys Rockefeller Center! Remember too, Japan was an ally; the idea of a traditionally antagonistic (and, nominally, Communist) nation buying up U.S. assets won't likely sit well with American voters. Already one major acquisition - the attempted 2005 takeover of U.S. energy firm UNOCAL by a Chinese oil company - was nixed following political outcry. What will China try to snap up next...