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If fundamentalism dies out, it will die out slowly. The federal government--especially with a Congress more susceptible to the fundamentalists' pleas than ever before--must maintain a position of absolute austerity until this fundamentalism ebbs away.
Because Deng's stature in life has been so monumental, his absence in death cannot help reverberating long after he is gone. His has been the authority that held together the two contradictory strands of Chinese life. Even as he spurred the great leap toward a free-market economy, Deng...
Durable Li Peng, 66, the widely disliked and authoritarian Premier, may be the least favored of Deng's lieutenants, but he has extensive ties to party bureaucrats and the conservative older generation. He continues to display an amazing talent for survival, weathering near universal vilification for his role in the...
The film opens in a gambling hall where Fugui (Ge You) is on a losing streak. His wife Jiazhen (Gong Li) begs him not to return, but before long Fugui loses his home. When his father hears the news, he dies from a heart attack. To make matters worse, Fugui...
When Fugui's son dies, he is consoled by the puppets and marriage of his daughter to the adoring Erxi. She becomes pregnant and Fugui and Jiazhen go to the hospital to offer support. All of the doctors, they soon learn, have been incarcerated as counter-revolutionaries. The impact of...