6.
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Attitudes to Chairman Mao? (Chinese say great
revolutionary but mistakes from mid-50s onwards. Private bitterness at suffering caused by Cultural Revolution and Gang of Four). What will Deng and Hu's legacy be?
B. UK-RELATED
7. UK's image in China? Welcome frank account of negative as well as positive aspects. We think the balance (as for China) very positive: achievements over inflation, enterprise and innovation. Explain approaches to unemployment and decline of traditional industries. Erosion of confrontational class attitudes. Plans for
urban renewal, and Northern Ireland (seen by Chinese as typical "colonial" situation).
Importance of
8. Educational reforms in Britain. entrepreneurial spirit and links to industry. How is China tackling education and youth work (and making up
educational losses of Cultural Revolution)? When study
abroad is the right option, we can offer the best teaching anywhere: send your highest flyers to us.
USEFUL QUOTATIONS
"It is because those in authority eat up too much in
taxes that the people are hungry." (Laozi circa 4th
Century BC).
"A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his
deeds." (cf "action not words"): Confucius Analects Book
XIV.
"It is good for some people and some regions to be prosperous first." Deng Xiaoping.
"Acting in good faith is a Chinese tradition, not
something invented by our generation." Deng Xiaoping.
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