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...Democratic Republican Party. Kim had amassed $36 million in "unmoral gams" during his years in power, it was claimed, by conniving to acquire some 5,300 acres of government land on which he eventually established lucrative tangerine groves and dairy farms. Runner-up in the corruption sweepstakes was Lee Hu Rak, once head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency and Park's chief of staff. Lee, said his accusers, squeezed $4.6 million out of South Korean business firms, then used the capital to build up $32.3 million worth of jewelry and real estate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH KOREA: Kim's Sum | 6/30/1980 | See Source »

...part of the Four Modernizations programs, Communist leaders are rehabilitating former capitalist "running dogs." Nearly 5,000 older entrepreneurs have been asked back to become factory managers or advisers. Their confiscated capital has been returned, with interest, and China now has some 100 millionaires in U.S. dollar terms. Hu Qiaomu, the director of the Academy of Social Sciences, admitted in a policy statement in the People's Daily that China has had to adopt such capitalist principles as "the pricing system, the rule of value, and the advantage of material incentives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Capitalism: Is It Working...? Of Course, but... | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

Firstly, his information on Lu Hsiu-lien is flawed. The publishing company (Pioneer Publishing House) for feminist literature that she established is still in business, contrary to Jablin's statement that it was closed by the government. The telephone hot-line for women ("Pao Hu Nin") set up by Lu does not now exist, but in light of Jablin's mistake on the publishing company it seems unlikely that the government curtailed its operation, especially since in was well-received by the public. Jablin's remark about "underground" opposition activities by Lu is cryptic if not misleading. Certainly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Kaohsiung Riot | 3/19/1980 | See Source »

...Central Committee also reconstituted the Communist Party Secretariat that had been dissolved during the Cultural Revolution. Many analysts believe that the Secretariat will soon become a key decision-making authority within the Politburo. Its new head, Hu Yaobang, is one of Deng's key allies. The Central Committee also elevated Hu and another Deng protege, Zhao Ziyang, to the powerful Standing Committee of the Politburo. Zhao, 61, is considered to be a rising star in Chinese politics and a potential successor to Deng...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Resurrection from the Dustbin | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

...whose honor Nim was named, he has no doubts. Says Noam Chomsky: "It's about as likely that an ape will prove to have a language ability as that there is an island somewhere with a species of flightless birds waiting for hu man beings to teach them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Are Those Apes Really Talking? | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

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