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...past, says Bachman, "the agents of coercion seem to be doing their job." But how long can they keep the pot from boiling over? "In a society where there are mechanisms for reconciliation," says Han Dongfang, "there can be a balance of various interests. But in China that mechanism doesn't exist. And the state is confused about its role." The result is a building of tensions. "The government has a choice," says Robin Munro, the Hong Kong director of Human Rights Watch/Asia. "It can try to keep the lid on by arresting more dissidents and wait...
Either way, those demands will not disappear. Han claims that there are now secret cells of labor activists in most of China's major cities who give wide circulation to his China Labor Bulletin -- banned on the mainland as "subversive" -- and who are playing a key role in the outbreak of wildcat strikes and protests. "How much pressure can the laborers endure?" asks the dissident. "Things can explode at any time." And the government seems all too aware that the fuse is burning...
...really believes his survival is at stake, what can the U.S. and the U.N. do to make him halt his nuclear program? Possibly nothing. Kim must be aware that the West's demands will not stop once he ends production. Seung Soo Han, South Korea's ambassador to the U.S., says that his government is as intent on learning whether the North already has the plutonium for a bomb as in stopping Pyongyang from making new weapons. "Our ultimate aim," he says, "is to make the Korean peninsula nuclear free...
...designers are operating at their very best -- among the established masters, Bill Blass and Geoffrey Beene; among newcomers, Han Feng and Byron Lars. Blass made some sense out of the current fad for bright colors by working in wools that were vibrant, with pretty, harmonious dyes. He used tweeds and wool jersey with an ease and fluency that mark a seasoned tailor. Beene also favored wool jersey, which he considers "the perfect material." His outfits, which came in all lengths, had the homely virtue of actually looking like winter clothes, garments that would keep the wearer warm...
...Han Feng, who came to the U.S. from China in 1986, showed an incomplete collection: no coats, few casual outfits. But she looks to be a virtuoso with materials. From cut velvet to georgette, she made everything seem like gossamer and draped it skillfully on the body. Byron Lars, who is just 29, put on the most dazzling show of all three cities, full of swagger and unabashed theatrics, with the most sophisticated music -- ranging from bongo drums to Delibes -- since the early days of Lacroix. Such a bravura presentation could have overwhelmed the clothes, but fortunately they were just...