tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2340684310301784591.post4696023534387464650..comments2024-01-03T19:16:07.361+08:00Comments on Arrested Development: The Smallest SparrowElanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15447273349249042635noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2340684310301784591.post-17266136632766801482007-02-28T02:46:00.000+08:002007-02-28T02:46:00.000+08:00Jeffrey, Elanor wasn't commenting on Deng but what...Jeffrey, Elanor wasn't commenting on Deng but what Malaysia can learn from Elanor's emphasis from the op-ed.Dek Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10630527545586473765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2340684310301784591.post-87368623682096143992007-02-17T20:42:00.000+08:002007-02-17T20:42:00.000+08:00Deng was implicated in the Gang of Four with their...Deng was implicated in the Gang of Four with their cultural Revolution where millions of Chinese died. <BR/><BR/>I guess they are trying to rehabilitate his stature in history.<BR/><BR/>Sure, he did institute economic reforms, (the Chinese worked in a consensus at that time). Did the right thing then, maybe today he would have been charged with crimes against humanity?<BR/><BR/> And HAPPY CNY to Jefushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137180439667237366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2340684310301784591.post-76573104714057350602007-02-17T12:10:00.000+08:002007-02-17T12:10:00.000+08:00On Deng being a very remarkable leader, Tong & Str...On Deng being a very remarkable leader, <BR/>Tong & Straussaman, 2003 cited :<BR/><BR/><BR/>" Deng believed that political reform would follow economic reform and that economic reform rested upon sound administration "<BR/><BR/><BR/>Indeed, what a capable leader Deng was..it's amazing in just 23 years span ( from 1979 when he took over as Party Leader ) .. to have ushered China to successfully Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2340684310301784591.post-82783732356586007542007-02-17T10:41:00.000+08:002007-02-17T10:41:00.000+08:00Hi Jeffrey, By no means I am advocating an exact C...Hi Jeffrey, <BR/><BR/>By no means I am advocating an exact Chinese development model for Malaysia. I am not even saying that whatever said in the article is true or not as I am in not an expert in China's economic history.<BR/><BR/>The Op-ed however highlighted some core and general messages that might have or might not have applied to China that in my view are what Malaysia should have more of:<Elanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15447273349249042635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2340684310301784591.post-9572258168045121772007-02-17T03:53:00.000+08:002007-02-17T03:53:00.000+08:00Hi Elanor,Hindsight is 20/20. China had the USSR a...Hi Elanor,<BR/><BR/>Hindsight is 20/20. China had the USSR as its communist sponsor ( and later rival) which crumbled later. Deng and his colleagues knew they would have suffered the same fate if not for economic changes/revolution (using their language).<BR/><BR/>China also knew had they not changed, (famine, communisim in China was actually Maoisms) China would have fallen far behind the rest Jefushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137180439667237366noreply@blogger.com