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...Jing Huang, politics wasn't just dinner-table-discussion fodder. It was a family tradition. As the grandson of one of the founders of China's communist movement and the son of a leading leftist writer, Huang imbibed the virtues of Marxist thought early. But because of his family's privileged status in Beijing circles during the 1960s and '70s, he also read the uncensored news reports sent to his father before they were fed into the propaganda machine. During heated mealtime debates, Huang was soon taking the knowledge gleaned from those papers?and from hours spent listening...
...Jing Huang, politics wasn't just dinner-table-discussion fodder. It was a family tradition. As the grandson of one of the founders of China's communist movement and the son of a leading leftist writer, Huang imbibed the virtues of Marxist thought early. But because of his family's privileged status in Beijing circles during the 1960s and '70s, he also read the uncensored news reports sent to his father before they were fed into the propaganda machine. During heated mealtime debates, Huang was soon taking the knowledge gleaned from those papers--and from hours spent listening...
...left, and it is healthy to have at least the economics department trying to balance the academic environment. The Faculty features a majority of liberal professors, resulting in liberal teaching. This has even extended into the realm of introductory economics at Harvard. In the fall of 2003, a supposed leftist version of Ec 10, Social Analysis 72, was introduced into the course catalog. The historically sound institution of Ec 10 must not succumb to a similar fate. As a result, we should both accept and welcome the fact that Ec 10 will continue to be taught with a conservative approach...
...llez has served as president since 1998 of the Sandinista Renewal Movement, a political party allied with the leftist Sandinista movement in Nicaragua...
...once more entered the political arena upon the election of leftist President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva in 2002, when he was appointed the Minister of Culture...