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...reform and opening-up endeavor is an embodiment and a creative development of the Chinese spirit of constantly striving for self-perfection and renovation in modern times. We refer to our reform and opening-up as socialist reform and opening-up, because they constitute the process of self-improvement and development of the socialist system in China. The practice in [the last] 20 years has eloquently proved rather that we are right in direction, firm in conviction, steady in our steps and gradual in our approach when carrying out the reform and opening-up, and we have achieved tremendous successes...
Jiang: I would like to know what you refer to specifically as a gesture. We have made it clear that we respect human rights. I studied world history and your War of Independence. I read Lincoln's Gettysburg Address about your Civil War. It was the sacred mission of the U.S. to liberate slaves in your country. In Tibet, after the Dalai Lama left the country [in 1950], we have fundamentally resolved the problem of slavery there. I believe the American people should be happy to see that...
...school administrators continued to operate as if the decree had never been signed, an intransigence that resulted in a cascade of increasingly punitive--and expensive--court orders. Meanwhile, the school system continued to refer an ever greater number of kids for the special-education programs. Not only are 17% of the system's children now in such programs, but a disproportionate share have been assigned to Intensity IV and V programs--typically the most expensive, often requiring separate classrooms and separate schools...
...American publishing circles, adjectives like "controversial" and "thought-provoking" are compliments, especially when they refer to the works of a foreign novelist forced to self-publish, or to tell her story abroad. In Singapore, when the same adjectives are affixed to a manuscript, its chances of publication are zero to none...
...canary. Fassbinder ingeniously uses lighting techniques so as to make Mieze appear to glow in every scene, and this luminescence is especially effective when compared to the dank atmosphere of the rest of the film. Even some of the periodic "quotation" screens which accompany the film refer to the charms of the young lover: "The girl is so gentle it is unbelievable." The quotations also remark that, under Mieze's influence, Biberkopf's apartment has begun to look like the room of a young girl, with flowers and bows everywhere. Not surprisingly, the apartment regains its former filthiness soon after...