Word: hsiao
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...people. "If it's good, then we can write it," Yang says. Moreover, the primary duty of the press is to explain Chinese policy and to convince the people that the policy is right, she continues. "Of course, we only say the truth, not the false," Hsiao adds...
...four--page limit of most Chinese newpapers also limits the breadth of an article. Hsiao laughs when thinking about the 90 pages of The New York Times. "Here, a reporter can write a long article about the background, details and even his own opinion," he says. In China most writers must concentrate only on the news...
...behind the differences in newspapers exists a difference in attitiude between the two nations. One characteristic that both Hsiao and Yang find lacking in the Chinese is the American aggressive spirit. Hsiao says, "How can we modernize such a huge country with one billion people? If we want to go forward we must have that kind of spirit." Traditionally, the Chinese wait. He explains that especially in the 1940s aggression was not a very good word in China because the Japanese were aggressive, and that meant...
...Hsiao also comments on another American characteristic symbolized by "a word on the Harvard shirts--veritas," He adds, "At Harvard there is a special spirit, in everything you pursue the truth." Not only do teachers and students seek the truth, but everything they want to say, is said. Hsiao, who is taking "The American Presidency," commented on Professor Richard E. Neustadt's criticism of President Reagan in class. "In China if you have some opinion like that, you better keep it to yourself," he says...
...terms of ideologies, Hsiao and Yang both prefer socialism since "It is more equal in China, there isn't a part so rich and a part so poor." The obvious disadvantage is the lack of work incentive--"whether you work hard or you work lazy, you get the same in the end," Hsiao says...