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...residents like Michael Ming '87 from Thayer really did not take an interest in the controversy. "I personally feel the whole thing is kind of ridiculous to care about something 100 years ago," he said...
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...much for the public account. Enter Yao Ming-Le, the mysterious author of this book's version of events. Drawing on an impressive familiarity with the intimate workings of China's armed forces and security services, Yao offers a tale of conspiracy and bungled planning: Lin never died in the plane crash in Mongolia. He and his wife were murdered on Mao's orders. The executions took place, in Yao's version, after a dinner of sea cucumbers and tiger's tendons at a secret military hideout reserved for China's top leaders outside...
...Hitler's diaries." Curiously, Peking's diplomatic community has shied away from discussions of the book even in private. But the credibility of conspiracy theories cuts two ways: until Peking produces a more satisfactory account of the affair than it has so far offered, accounts like Yao Ming-Le's will continue to draw speculators...
...wear Bermuda shorts or sunglasses, but he is the stereotype American tourist. He ogles the natives as though they were the foreigners. Not knowing the language, he complains that no one speaks "American." He is given to such asides as "I wonder who's buried in Ming's Tomb...