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- LETTERS, Page 6CHINA IN TURMOIL
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- The Beijing Spring is a watershed for global democracy
- (WORLD, May 29). Marxist-Leninists the world over are learning
- a great lesson from the courageous students of China on what a
- real revolution must always be about: liberty.
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- Robert Miltenberg San Diego
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- I support the protest movement in China, but I wonder if it
- is reasonable for the students to demand immediate change in
- government policy. Also, is it necessary to destabilize the
- leadership, which has shown moderation and provided significant
- socioeconomic liberation?
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- Nan Lui Chestnut Ridge, N.Y.
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- I read your report with tears, pride and admiration. Those
- daring students, workers and ordinary citizens in Tiananmen
- Square have sent the authoritarian regime a clear message: the
- days of tyranny are numbered.
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- Benjamin H. Yuen Darien, Ill.
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- The demonstrators reflect the restlessness of an ancient
- nation struggling to regain its past grandeur and world status.
- The students are China's conscience, and the leaders must
- listen. But completely adopting the democratic systems of the
- industrialized West is unwise for a developing society with a
- billion people.
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- Mary Young Siu-Tin Quezon City, the Philippines
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