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...former Chinese ambassador to several European countries, Huan, 70, is one of thousands of intellectuals who have been restored to important posts since Deng returned to power...
Today he is the prime mover in China's most prestigious think tank. Says Huan: "All together, we have 8,000 researchers Our economic researchers have been cooperating with the economic ministries to find out ways to solve numerous problems. We lave even organized a discussion on what is the purpose of human life. After 30 years of political turmoil, our thinking is confused. Our young people in particular don't know what to do in this world. We have an open forum for them to discuss these things so they can draw their own conclusions...
...academy is one of the key institutions that are leading China's shift from ideology to ward pragmatism. Says Huan: "We try to get away from dogma, from what Marx said or what Lenin or Mao said. That's a reference. But we need to start from the facts." Though Huan argues that scholars can follow "the facts" without political interference, it is unlikely that one of them could publish articles criticizing the Communist system. Yet there is more leeway for questioning than at any other time since the Communists came to power. Says Huan: "Since...
Many young people had their educations disrupted by China's political turmoil. Says Huan: "Some were able to educate themselves during the Cultural Revolution- they studied very hard. But most of that particular generation is illiterate...
Three kinds of people, Huan says, do not like China's new di rection. "First, the wooden heads- they cannot accept any change. Second, those who have been poisoned by their former training- they don't know how to change. Third, those who are too enthusiastic- they go to the other extreme " Concludes Huan: "There will be a fight between the modern and the traditional in China. But the man who persists in the old ideas will not survive. We are inventing a completely new experiment. How far can we go? That is the question...