[lbo-talk] Gorbachev: I Should Have Left the Communist Party Earlier

[Wojtek S]

It's more than that. Zhou was an architect of China's foreign
relations which later played a crucial role in the success of Deng's
"perestroika."

Wojtek

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 11:05 AM, John Gulick <john_gulick at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> (Deng) stood on the shoulders of giant
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> Yes, little doubt that Deng could have been kept alive and on ice for a future comeback were it not for the political skill of Zhou.
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> Of course, one could argue that once the Cultural Revolution fizzled, Sino-Soviet antagonisms heated up further, and China'scommercial sci-tech capacity fell behind that of the East Asian tigers on its periphery, its "capitalist restoration" was inevitable.
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> I dunno if I believe it or not, but Mao was reputed to have said some pretty cynical things about his commitment to "Maoism" whenhe met with Kissinger and Nixon.
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> Overposted... goodbye.
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