Daily Archives: 2011/09/11

Book review: ‘Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China,’ by Ezra F. Vogel

By John Pomfret, Published: September 9 http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-review-deng-xiaoping-and-the-transformation-of-china-by-ezra-f-vogel/2011/08/26/gIQAfTD6FK_story.html Twenty-six years ago, an American vice president went to the western Chinese city of Chengdu with a message for China: America is here to help. In a speech to students from Sichuan University, George H.W. Bush said the … Continue reading

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And Hate Begat Hate

September 10, 2011 New York Times By AHMED RASHID Ahmed Rashid is a journalist and the author of “Taliban” and “Descent into Chaos.” LAHORE, Pakistan IN their shock after Sept. 11, 2001, Americans frequently asked, “Why do they hate us … Continue reading

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