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...both countries, Bush will find the disjuncture between economic and political progress that has, in very different ways, plagued Mikhail Gorbachev's glasnost-led revolution as well as Deng Xiaoping's marketplace-led revolt. Poland combines robust political competition with a downtrodden economy almost too far gone for reform. Hungary combines an explosion of private enterprise with a less vigorous attitude toward democracy. The message the U.S. and its West European allies can bring to both places is the truth that lies at the heart of democratic capitalism: economic and political freedoms work best in tandem...
Last week a somewhat different version of the speech appeared in Hong Kong's South China Morning Post. There was no reference to Poland, but Deng said that "some comrades don't understand the situation" in China, in that the revolt was not merely the work of "misguided" people but also that of a truly "rebellious clique." The second version also contained approving references to the "open policy," allowing Chinese ties to the outside. Said a senior Asian diplomat in Beijing: "The line to the world is reassurance. To China, it is terror...
...injected into rabbits' eyes, in their effort to persuade the cosmetics industry to cut down on animal testing. Last week Avon Products announced that it would stop such experiments. Even Ralph Nader, the quintessential business basher, has adopted a more moderate approach. Nader, who last fall led the California revolt against excessive auto-insurance premiums, recently cited the auto industry and its suppliers for their joint quality-control efforts. Firestone, for example, allows automakers to inspect its plants and equipment...
Doors are closing on Vietnamese boat people heading for Hong Kong, Sri Lankans fleeing to London, Haitians landing in Miami and thousands of others. -- China metes out swift "justice" following the student revolt. -- After 14 years of civil war, is peace coming to Angola? -- A daring Norwegian rescue saves more than 900 aboard the Soviet cruise liner Maxim Gorky...
BUSINESS: Big companies face a consumer revolt...