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Congratulations on your inspiring cover story on Deng Xiaoping, the heroic Chinese leader whose vision, guts, iron will and economic reforms helped modernize his country and ensure Asia-Pacific progress [THE NEXT CHINA, March 3]. History will remember Deng along with Emperor Shih Huang-Ti and Mao Zedong, statesmen whose human flaws should not detract from their many far-reaching achievements. Deng's success in reforming China has as its legacy Asian prosperity, free enterprise, peace and stability. WILSON Y. LEE FLORES Quezon City, the Philippines...
Exactly what was Deng's contribution? Opening China to the rest of the world and creating wealth for millions of Chinese. Crushing a popular uprising and obliterating thousands of dissidents. Being part of the ruling hierarchy that was responsible for the death of millions during the Cultural Revolution. ANDREW BLUM Hurstville, Australia...
...Deng Xiaoping was a legendary man of transcendent genius whose accomplishments far outweighed his mistakes. Under his leadership, the Chinese people embarked on a gigantic modernization program and miraculously increased their productivity. Deng was an unsung hero in the battle to bury world communism. He challenged Marxist orthodoxy head on. His bold reforms triggered a chain reaction all across the communist world and set the stage for the decommunization of the Soviet bloc. JOHNNY Z.Y. WU Morrow, Georgia...
...students, members of the Harvard Asia Law Society (HALS), say they plan to take advantage of the trip's timing, given Hong Kong's expected reversion from British to Chinese control on July 1 and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's recent death...
...news release, Peter Kuo, president of HALS, said, "We are especially excited about the delegation this year because of the chance we have to gauge the mood among Chinese leaders at the beginning of the post-Deng...