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...country whose combination of capitalist economy and communist government has been a delicate balancing act, Hu's harkening back to socialist values could backfire, giving new life to a long-hibernating political faction. For years, as previous rulers Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin championed the market economy, a core of old-guard leftists in the Communist Party seethed. As long as China's economy grew and citizens traded in bicycles for fancy cars, though, they couldn't complain too loudly...
...inequalities and Hu's own call for rural socialism has finally given the old guard its opportunity. Last summer, leading Marxist economist Liu Guoguang fired a warning shot: "We must make sure leaders at every level are really Marxists, instead of having a red [communist] surface and white [capitalist] core." Then, noted Peking University law professor Gong Xiantian assailed the property law draft for "copying capitalist civil law like a slave...
...MCAS math exam, while Cambridge recorded a 40-to-50 percent proficiency rate on the math and English exams.‘YOU HAVE TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF’However, CRLS offers several educational programs to help its students close the gap. Honors courses are offered in all core subjects and world languages, and Advanced Placement classes are available for qualified juniors and seniors.Students also benefit from the combined resources of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), both of which sit in the school’s figurative backyard. Collaborations between the schools include Harvard CHANCE?...
That students are uninterested in taking a class like Hist10a is a fallacy. At a time when non-concentrators might fulfill their requirement with greater ease by taking any of the less burdensome, more peripheral Core courses, 40 percent of History 10a’s enrollees take the course to fulfill a Historical Study requirement, despite its tougher grading and occasional dullness...
...gruesome attack came at the end of a troubling inaugural week for Canadians embarked on what may be their most dangerous overseas mission since the Korean War. Some 2,300 soldiers have been deployed to Kandahar, where hard-core Taliban rebels determined to topple the U.S.-backed government of President Hamid Karzai retain strong local sympathy. Since the troops officially began their one-year assignment Feb. 28, two Canadians were killed when their light armored vehicle collided with a taxi, and six others have been injured. A total of 14 Canadian soldiers have been wounded in accidents, suicide bombings...