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...unrest upset the battered Egyptian economy-the root of the trouble -even more. While other Arab nations prosper on oil, Egypt is too poor-and too overpopulated-to help itself. Foreign investment has been frightened off by uncertainty or, as in the case of a proposed $150 million Ford Motors plant, wiped out by the Arab boycott. Agriculture is so feeble that Egypt must import two-thirds of its food at a cost of $1.5 billion a year. Government foreign currency reserves are dwindling as world food prices rise, while the standing army of 850,000 men consumes a third...
...Student Unrest. While overseas adventures are popular, the schools hope that the January courses can also further students' serious interests. At N.Y.U., for example, Professor Henry Mullish attracts about 150 "highly motivated" graduate students and fellow teachers for his five-day course on computer science. Since many nonscientific fields in which they work call for statistical analysis, Mullish attempts to teach them the rudiments of computer programming while dispelling their "innate distrust" of the machines. Says Mullish: "I win them over by teaching them a modicum of contempt for computers...
Radical Faction. Hua pronounced China's domestic situation generally "excellent," but his message was a blunt declaration of war against both popular unrest in the provinces and the so-called radical faction in the Communist Party, which lost out in the struggle for power after Mao's death in September...
...dissatisfaction, the loss of Mao as a figure of authority and the constant infighting within the bureaucracy have created the most explosive political crisis to face China since the Cultural Revolution of 1966-69. The vast might of the military makes a genuine civil war unlikely, but if lingering unrest and sporadic outbreaks of violence continue, Hua could be shunted aside by the army. His military backers may decide that they have put up the wrong man to deal with the post-Mao crisis, and turn their support to some stronger, more charismatic figure." Thus while...
...Unrest among ordinary Chinese may prove harder for Hua to deal with. Mass dissatisfaction, held in check under Mao, was unleashed following his death. Workers are unhappy over low wages, effectively frozen since 1971. There is widespread resentment about intrusive authority, misuse of power by local officials and party demands for constant indoctrination sessions. Existing poverty has been exacerbated by the rising expectations that are encouraged by the Chinese leaders, who talk constantly about the splendid present and the glowing future. Young Chinese resent the practice of being sent from the cities to the countryside to learn the virtues...