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...people of the Philippines are traditionally anti-Communist and pro-democracy [WORLD, Nov. 18]. The Communist movement, however, is growing because Filipinos are against the corrupt and repressive Marcos regime. By establishing a dictatorship and turning this once prosperous country into an economic basket case, Marcos has destroyed the democratic form of government. Only the election of a popular leader like Corazon Aquino, the widow of assassinated Opposition Leader Ninoy Aquino, can hold back the Communists. George Carrion Makati, Philippines...
...China's Deng Xiaoping leads 1 billion people on a far-reaching, bold but risky second revolution Defying the precepts most cherished by traditional Marxists, he is attempting to blend on a monumental scale elements that seem irreconcilable: state ownership and private property, central planning and competitive markets, political dictatorship and limited economic and cultural freedom. The reforms are a big gamble, and they face considerable domestic opposition. But if they work, the world will not be the same...
...precepts most cherished by traditional Marxists (especially those running the Soviet Union). In the Chinese spirit of balance between yin and yang, Deng's second revolution is an attempt on a monumental scale to blend seemingly irreconcilable elements: state ownership and private property, central planning and competitive markets, political dictatorship and limited economic and cultural freedom. Indeed, it is almost, or so it often seems to skeptics in both the Western and Marxist worlds, an attempt to combine Communism and capitalism...
...version of Marxist thought that eventually won out, because it achieved power, was Marxism-Leninism, after V.I. Lenin, the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution. According to Lenin, Marx's call for a "dictatorship of the proletariat" meant that a tightly organized Communist Party was to be the exclusive dominating force in transforming society. Among the millions attracted by this prescription were two young Chinese, named Mao Tse-tung and Deng Xiaoping, who saw in it a way to change their country from a weak, backward state pushed around by foreign powers to a mighty modern nation. Deng has remained...
Politically and culturally, that fight has waxed and waned. China is still a one-party dictatorship and Deng has no intention of letting it become anything else. Rights taken for granted in the U.S., such as freedom of speech and assembly, are strictly controlled; some limited freedom of religion has been granted. Even so, a revised constitution adopted in 1982 marked a step toward making China a society governed by law rather than the whim of party officials...