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Deng setup

While checking the CIA-files on China I came across this one:
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences. But in the 19th and early 20th centuries, China was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. After World War II, the Communists under MAO Zedong established a dictatorship that, while ensuring China's sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. After 1978, his successor DENG Xiaoping gradually introduced market-oriented reforms and decentralized economic decision-making. Output quadrupled by 2000. Political controls remain tight while economic controls continue to be relaxed.

My conclusion: the whole breakdown of MAO magazine and their 'cry' for money etcetc. was FAKE and planned.
The name of their new -not free- magazine tells us... DENG. A market-oriented profile...

Right. What a big marketingstunt. They did well, I guess.
Got their kind of sympathy of the people with a boy-scout magzine (with indeed some good articles, but also a lot of junk. I guess they will become collector items soon) Now the same people are paying for the magazine.
Chapeau.

Posted on February 12, 2004
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