The following is an interview given by Deng Xiaoping to the Italian Oriana Fallaci on August 21 and 23, 1980. I have included Deng’s original Chinese language version at the bottom. The English translation credit goes to People’s Daily of China. It gives very good insight to Deng.
Oriana Fallaci: Will Chairman Mao’s portrait above Tiananmen Gate be kept there?
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This is a re-post of an article by Shaun Rein, “How To Fix Western-Chinese Relations; Do it with the Nobel Peace Prize,” where it first appeared on Forbes – with permission from the author.
“How To Fix Western-Chinese Relations”
Do it with the Nobel Peace Prize.
12.14.10, 10:50 AM ESTTension between China and the West has been inching up over the past year. There have been disputes over everything from Google’s stand against censorship and protectionism to China’s trade surplus, the valuation of the yuan and the problem of North Korea’s thuggery. Bad relations do not help anyone, and they certainly don’t solve any of the very real economic problems the world faces. We need to have the West and China working together. Otherwise we could collapse into another Cold War.
Continue reading Shaun Rein: “How To Fix Western-Chinese Relations; Do it with the Nobel Peace Prize.”