The last time I was here - some 40 years ago - this was a very different environment - the Cultural Revolution in its full swing, portraits of Chairman Mao everywhere, Red Guards marching and blasting revolutionary songs from bullhorns. This time, it is subdued classical music, Tchaikovsky, Mozart etc. And international chains - Hagen Daazs, Costa Coffee, Burger King, etc. Autres temps, autres moeurs.
Another thing that comes to mind is that back in the day in these parts of the world the thing was to go and study political science in Moscow. Now it is study political science at Harvard. Different places, same idea of being anointed at the imperial capital. Some things do not change.
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 5:58 PM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Many of the top echelons of China's new leaders will take courses at Harvard. A bit ironic that the second program is sponsored by Amway!
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> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-08/harvard-trained-communists-vie-for-influence-as-party-gathers.html
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> Harvard’s Kennedy School has been expanding its offerings to Chinese officials and executives at state-owned enterprises since the first program -- for senior leaders at the vice- minister level -- began in 1998, sponsored by Hong Kong’s New World Development Co. About 150 officials have been through the program since its inception, with 20 each year at most, Saich said.
> Local Leaders
> In 2001, the school added a second program, for officials from local governments across China, called “China’s Leaders in Development,” taught both at Harvard and at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, sponsored by direct sales company Amway Corp. That program takes 50 to 60 officials each year, Saich said.
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