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...magna cum laude Government concentrator who calls himself a liberal socialist, Huang Yasheng wrote his thesis on agrarian reforms in rural China. Its conclusions took a surprisingly critical view of the communist regime: Huang found that economic changes did not bring about the social progress that the government had sought...
...Huang, who plans to return to China when he finishes his studies, feels grateful for the new freedoms he and some other students enjoy. "The less they restrict us, the more I love my country," he adds. Huang will enter the Harvard's graduate program in Government next year, after which he plans either a diplomatic or academic career...
...thesis, a direct challenge to the communist regime's "official" conclusions, would appear to have jeapordized his career. His thesis advisor, Professor of Government Roderick MacFarquhar, says Huang showed "considerable courage in going back and looking into official policy with a questioning...
...Huang downplays this personal risk, saying his government puts no political restraints on him and one other Harvard student from mainland China. Conceding that as recently as 1980 the government had far less trust, he calls the recent reforms "a wonderful idea and a historical necessity...
...Huang says he came to Harvard for its resources and the inquiring attitude he feels the University develops...