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...retain a stable Philippines, the U.S. should take the initiative. But we should not assume that the solution to the present crisis is the removal of Marcos. It is only the first step. Alexander C-K Lai New York City Corrected History...
...discharge is gathering dust in the attic. Then word comes: the ex-soldier has been recalled to active duty. In this case he is former Lieut. Ben Tyson, whose company once massacred civilians in a covered-up atrocity bearing more than a coincidental resemblance to the one at My Lai. When an investigative journalist reveals damning new evidence, Tyson is hauled before a court-martial on charges of mass murder. Is he guilty? Will a military tribunal be more vindictive than civilian justice? Can any circumstances mitigate an atrocity? Does a 17-year-old incident still have the power...
...more remarkable for his lack of intellectual pretense. Unlike the late Mao Tse-tung, his mentor and eventual nemesis, Deng has never claimed to be either a scholar or a Marxist theoretician. Nor does he possess the studied mandarin sophistication of the late Premier Chou En-lai, another longtime comrade-in-arms. Not that Deng lacks for a keen intelligence or a world view. But what he has consistently sought to impose is a preference for gradual rather than sudden change and for pragmatism over doctrine. In discussing China's second revolution recently, Deng said, "If it could enable people...
...formal schooling. Deng worked for a time at a Renault factory and at a rubber-footware plant in Montargis, south of Paris. Though he wore Western-style clothes and acquired a lifelong fondness for croissants and bridge, he associated almost exclusively with other Chinese, among them Chou En-lai...
...Peng, 57, widely seen as China's next Premier, and Hu Qili, 56, heir apparent to the powerful post of General Secretary of the Communist Party. Both men were elevated last fall to the party's policy-setting Politburo. Li, the adopted son of former Premier Chou En-lai, is a Soviet-educated engineer who speaks Russian and has served as minister of the Chinese power industry. Hu, a fluent English speaker, runs the party's day-to-day activities...