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GRAPEVINE, Page 15An Idea Whose Time Has Passed
By JANICE CASTRO
Now that the "evil empire" has collapsed, many U.S.
conservatives are eager to convert the Chinese to capitalism.
Their nostalgic solution: RADIO FREE CHINA. The project would
cost $110 million to launch and $34 million a year to operate.
Among its critics is Chinese dissident Nien Cheng, author of
Life and Death in Shanghai, the diary of her harsh 6 1/2-year
imprisonment during the Cultural Revolution. Cheng notes that
millions of Chinese are already devoted to Voice of America. And
the new service might "give hard-liners an excuse to crack down
on dissidents."