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Word: runsheng (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1985-1985
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...also begun to pursue new goals. Under Mao, the people were told that their lives would be enriched if they dedicated themselves to work. Now they are being exhorted to work in order to get rich. "Our government promotes the policy that some will get rich first," says Du Runsheng, the top party adviser on rural affairs. "Then others will get rich. Our final goal is that all people will be rich." The words kuaile, or pleasure, and yule, or recreation, have crept back into the national vocabulary. "Only with an adequate amount of wining and dining, fun and games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Second Revolution | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

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