Word: change
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Chang...
...traditional spellings on now outdated Chinese maps. Among the unhappy Sinologists was Tufts University Professor Donald Klein. Said he: "It's driving me up the wall. It's hard enough to get my students to remember such names as the Yangtze River. If I now have to change it to Chang Jiang, it would confuse them beyond hope...
...most infamous members of this enemy group are the Gang of Four, who have yet to be tried, more than two years after they were arrested. "Our struggle against the Gang of Four is a very sharp and complicated class struggle, a life and death struggle," says Chang Chunglin, a deputy director of research at Peking's Law Institute, "and people who have experience in such struggles know quite well that they are difficult to deal with and still go through all necessary legal procedures." Until recently the "enemies" made up as much as 5% of the population...
...Beethoven Concert--benefit concert for PBH; Yo Yo Ma, cello; Lynn Chang; violin; Richard Kogan, piano; Sanders Theater...
...journalists and diplomats were permitted to read the posters carefully and to make notes. A week ago the atmosphere became even more friendly. Foreigners were greeted by smiles when they appeared in T'ien An Men Square or at the "democracy wall" poster site at the intersection of Chang An Avenue and Hsi Tan Street. They were quickly surrounded by eager citizens who besieged them for calling cards and engaged them in impromptu political seminars. Says Fraser: "It was electric. You went down to look at the posters, and suddenly you found yourself talking to a crowd...