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Former Harvard Crimson President Josh H. Simon ’00 virulently objects to such blithe dismissals. He is one of two Disney executives in charge of overseeing the lovability of The Love Bug. This was his first project after taking the unusual leap from his post-college post in Disney’s corporate strategy division to the creative side in the Buena Vista Motion Pictures group. The Crimson communicated with Simon via e-mail to chat about Lindsay Lohan’s tabloid life style, his own career path, and what it’s like to digitally...
...conversation with TIME [WORLD, Nov. 4], Deng Xiaoping speaks of the mistakes made by China's leaders during the past 30 years. He is referring to the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. Both campaigns were initiated to rekindle enthusiasm for Communist ideology. Both episodes turned into disasters. Now China's leaders have seen the light. In its pure form Communism cannot exist; it must adopt some capitalist traits. Otherwise, the "polarization between rich and poor" that Deng speaks of will occur in a drastic way. As China's leader says, "You should give them [the peasants] the power...
Deng also supported Mao's Great Leap Forward in 1958, which called for enforced nationwide collectivism on the farms and a buildup of steel production in backyard furnaces. The campaign proved disastrous, producing a series of prolonged famines that starved some 27 million people during the years 1958 to 1962. By 1961 Deng and President Liu Shaoqi had realized the enormity of the miscalculation and set about correcting it. At a tense party plenum that Mao did not attend (so that Liu, Deng and others could gainleader ship experience prior to the Chairman's death), they announced measures reinstating private...
...same. Moreover, adds a foreign diplomat, "Nobody has made a decision in this country for so long except Ne Win that nobody has any experience in doing so." Nor is it likely that those in power will dismantle the foundations on which they sit. "If they try a sudden leap forward," says a Western diplomat, "a lot of people are going to fall between the cracks...
Your choice of Deng Xiaoping is a just one. Deng has transformed China from a restless Communist giant to a peaceful nation committed to stability and cooperation. Mao's two upheavals, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, caused millions of Chinese misery and death; Deng's changes have brought joy and happiness. Now China, the erstwhile protagonist of socialist revolution, and the U.S., the greatest capitalist country, have become friends. For that, Deng deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. Mahmood Elahi Washington...