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...accomplish. He dines occasionally at the White House and is an important contributor to such politicians as Chicago Mayor Harold Washington and Illinois Governor James Thompson. Yet Johnson has never been completely comfortable with his success. Says he: "I live with the knowledge that it's possible to fail, and I try so hard that...
...next generation of leaders Ambitious, better educated than their elders and eager to use their skills, the young men and women now moving up will help determine whether Deng's reforms succeed or fail...
...reforms could fail in other ways too. Industry managers have never been trained in the complex skills needed to make a market economy work. Indiana University's Hans Thorelli, who served as a visiting professor of marketing in Shanghai and Dalian in the early 1980s, recalls being asked in all earnestness by his students, "What is a salesman?" There is always the threat, too, that population growth will swallow up any production increases...
...been an instant success. Shenzhen is still booming, to be sure, but not in the direction envisioned by Peking. Last summer, Deng Xiaoping expressed caution about the city's future. Instead of proclaiming Shenzhen's progress, as he usually did, Deng described the city as an "experiment" that "could fail." Said he: "We hope it will succeed. But if it fails, we can draw lessons from...
...facilitators. Of course, peddling the notion of a China whose feelings are fragile is a brilliant negotiating tactic. Why fault the Chinese for trying it on? But such spinelessness debases Australia, its traditions and its pride in speaking truth to big powers. Australia loses face when its leaders fail to robustly denounce human-rights abuses or to show a semblance of support for an individual such as Chen (to at least hear his story, investigate his claims, and make a prompt decision about his status: Chen first wrote to the Immigration department on May 25; he and his family remain...