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Step out a level. Consider the Independent's recent (Feb 3) cover article on "Maoists Among Us," a nominally investigative report on the Maoist International Movement (M.I.M.). Writers Judy Kwok and Alex Nyren's main lead is a Harvard student studying abroad, Frances Chang, who cites an unnamed source: "A Chinese friend of mine didn't know exactly how Mao was involved in the Cultural Revolution, but she resolutely stated that it and the Great Leap Forward were traumatic experiences for China." Thus, the article concludes, the M.I.M. is "nothing more than a group of people ignorant of Chinese modern...
...expert on the international Maoists but I can recognize less-than-thorough journalism. There is certainly much to be said for and against the Maoist International Movement, but most of it is not reported in the article...
...weren't glued to their television sets. And the triumphal speech to his fellow Chinese--the grand gesture or unforgettable sound bite that would lock in the historic moment--never occurred. But such policy blahs don't mean that Jiang won't one day pull off that kind of Maoist dazzle, for he's clearly driven by an ambition to be as imperial as he can be. They're just a sign that in rapidly changing China, Jiang is still not ready to put on the crown. In the country's long tradition, an Emperor needs to inspire awe, tinged...
...Drink Scotch and watch several Jean-Luc Godard films from his unwatchable Maoist period...
Reading your report on China's 50th anniversary [WORLD, Oct. 4], one would think Maoist China was a disaster. But when I visited the People's Republic in 1971, I saw something different. Peasants and workers were transforming their lives. China was looked to admiringly by people worldwide. What a difference from today's China, where once again extremes of wealth and poverty are creating degradation and misery. MARY LOU GREENBERG New York City