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- THE WEEK, Page 19WORLDEt Cetera
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- NEW THINKING
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- "Three cobblers with their wits combined equal Zhuge Liang,
- the master mind," says a Chinese aphorism. To speed up Deng
- Xiaoping's market-style reforms, China's pragmatic leaders are
- tapping the mind of a modern-day Zhuge Liang: University of
- Pennsylvania professor Lawrence Klein. The American Nobel
- laureate in economics in 1980 was appointed as an adviser to the
- State Planning Commission, which oversees the industrial sector.
- They hope Klein's wisdom can help them build a "socialist
- market economy," Deng's newest oxymoron.
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- THOSE LEFT BEHIND
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- Maybe the passing of time eased the emotional sting, but the
- disclosure still had a shocking impact. According to records
- released by a retired Russian army general, Dmitri Volkogonov,
- 119 Americans were held in camps as Soviet prisoners of war
- following World War II. Of this group, 18 died in custody (some
- by execution), several were interned for lengthy sentences, and
- others were eventually released, settling in Soviet territory.
- According to the general, none of the remaining Americans are
- currently being held against their will.
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