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China's leaders finally honored Hu Yaobang, a former Communist Party General Secretary who fell from grace in 1987, by commemorating the 90th anniversary of his birth on Friday. The small seminar at Beijing's Great Hall of the People was observed with intense interest by China watchers from around the world. Here...
...Hu Yaobang? Raised by peasant parents, Hu fought alongside Mao Zedong in the Chinese revolution, then rose to the country's No. 2 job as head of the Communist Party under Deng Xiaoping. More than any Chinese leader of his generation, he promoted political reform. In 1978, he signaled a new era by rehabilitating people unjustly purged during Mao's 1950s "anti-rightist" campaign...
...group of health organizations to petition the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), asking the government agency to focus on lowering salt consumption. Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Dr. Carlos A. Camargo, Assistant Professor of Medicine Dr. Frank B. Hu, and Professor of Medicine at HSPH, Frank M. Sacks all signed a cover letter of support which accompanied the petition. In the petition filed on Monday, the Center for Science in the Public Interest—the organization responsible for submitting the petition—asked the FDA to revoke...
...when my father’s in town on Saturday for the Princeton game and the conversation inevitably drifts toward the old days, the cold days, the good days, I’ll know my inheritance, while still treasured, might not be unique. Then again, who knows who Eion Hu...
...months preceding the intended September visit, a good deal of energy went to waste in squabbles about protocol. China wanted a formal state welcome in Washington, complete with 21-gun salutes and state dinners. Washington hesitated, granting the salute but not the dinner. This was understandably disappointing, as Hu wanted to show that America acknowledges China as an important power, which would have granted him more prestige among his party leadership. Procedural rigmarole, after all, is excellent political fodder. It also spoiled the mood...