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Clippings, 1988

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 13
Identifier: 0038_PER_BeiD_Series_5_Folder_13

• Items 1-20:

-Overseas students pay price in China. 1988-01-06. 1 sheet ; 22 x 9 cm. By Robert Grieves. "Maoist xenophobia." "The Times, 6 Jan 1988" (Note 2)

-Chinese students yearn for political freedom. 1988-01-06. 2 sheets : illustration ; 8 x 19 cm-26 x 29 cm. By Ann Scott Tyson. "But a year after protests, they stay off streets for fear of reprisal." Christian science monitor, January 6, 1988, pages 1 and 8 (Note 2)

-Soviet play makes sharp thrust at Stalin. 1988-01-07. 1 folded sheet : portrait ; 18 x 39 cm folded to 18 x 29 cm. By Paul Quinn-Judge. Christian science monitor, January 7, 1988, pages 1 and 32 (Note 2)

-Soviet dissidents give new psychiatric law mixed reviews. 1988-01-07. 1 sheet : portrait ; 23 x 29 cm. By Paul Quinn-Judge. Christian science monitor, January 7, 1988, page 32 (Note 2)

-In China, wrinkle of change or just a crumpled old suit?. 1988-01-30. 2 sheets (pages [1, 4]) ; 18 x 11 cm-11 x 17 cm. By Edward A. Gargan. "NY Times, 30 January." Title on page 4: Wrinkle of change or just a crumpled suit? (Note 2)

-Life after utopia : new poets in Moscow. 1988-01. 3 sheets (pages 12-14) : portrait ; 33 x 22 cm (photocopy). By Mikhail Epshtein. "Index on censorship, 1/88." (Note 2)

-Latest Taiwanese films brim with Americana. 1988-02-10. 1 sheet : illustration ; 24 x 23 cm. By Louise Sweeney. Christian science monitor, February 10, 1988, page 19 (Note 2)

-Chinese journalist Liu Binyan named 1988-89 Nieman Fellow. 1988-02-26. 2 sheets : portrait ; 13 x 14 cm-8 x 20 cm. "Harvard University gazette, 26 February 1988" (Note 2)

-Cultural commissars in the camera's eye. 1988-03-10. 3 sheets (pages 42-43, 46) : illustrations ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Geremie Barmé. Far Eastern economic review, March 10, 1988. Also on pages 42-43: Showdown at the home of the Chinese 'western' / by Linda Jaivin. Also on page 46: Eight takes are just fine for Japan's director Itami / by Donald Richie (Note 2)

-Tiger Mountain frolics. 1988-03-19. 1 sheet (page 100) ; 27 x 21 cm. "The arts in China." Detached from: The economist, March 19, 1988 (Note 2)

-Economic reform causes friction between China's two top leaders. 1988-03-22. 1 sheet : portraits ; 28 x 28 cm. By James L. Tyson. "Tussle in Peking precedes parliament." Two clippings from pages 7 and 8 pasted together. Christian science monitor, March 22, 1988 (Note 2)

-Chinese go for going broke. 1988-03-24. 1 sheet : illustrations ; 35 x 38 cm. By Ann Scott Tyson. "National parliament poised to approve bankruptcy law to punish debt-ridden companies." Two clippings from pages 1 and 9 pasted together. Christian science monitor, March 24, 1988 (Note 2)

-Focus : China '88. 1988-03-24. 10 folded sheets (pages 49-[88]) : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. Detached from: Far Eastern economic review, March 27, 1988 (Note 2). Includes:
 1) With cat-like tread : ideological liberation creeps in to Zhao Ziyang's China… / by Robert Delfs (pages 49, 51, 55)
 2) Musical chairs at the state council / Robert Delfs (page 55)
 3) Three obstacles, two leaders, and one problem / Robert Delfs (pages 56-57)
 4) Run for election, but do not expect to win / Robert Delfs (pages 56-58)
 5) Development and growth create new confusion / by Louise do Rosario (pages 59-60)
 6) Inflation the threat to further changes / Louise do Rosario (pages 61-63)
 7) Small planning body has a large impact / Louise do Rosario (pages 62-63)
 8)Spirit willing, but the flesh is weak / Louise do Rosario (pages 64-65)
 9) More professional and much less political / by Bob Hu (pages 65-66)
 10) Single ministry plan to boost power production / Elizabeth Cheng (pages 71-73)
 11) Reforms could lead to large deficit / Elizabeth Cheng (pages 72-73)
 12) New freedom to make a profit ... or a loss / Elizabeth Cheng (page 74)
 13) Down on the farm, things are changing / Stephen Dowdle (pages 76-77)
 14) Despite changes, funds fail to flow freely / Elizabeth Cheng (pages 77-79)
 15) Rise in rural birth rate worries planners / by Stephen Morgan (pages 79-80)
 16) Growing problems with the abuse of power / Edward J. Epstein (pages 81-82)
 17) Special economic zones face fight for capital / Elizabeth Cheng (pages 82, 84)
 18) Blowing his own trumpet / Linda Jaivin (pages 84, 86-87) (Note 2)

-The brakes start to work. 1988-03-24. 1 sheet (page 127) : color illustration ; 27 x 21 cm. By Louise do Rosario. Detached from: Far Eastern economic review, March 24, 1988 (Note 2)

-China aims to stifle critics, Harvard dissident says. 1988-03-25. 1 sheet ; 13 x 29 cm. By Charles A. Radin. "The Boston Globe, 25 March 1988" (Note 2)

-Pace of reform hot topic as China congress gets under way. 1988-03-28. 1 sheet : portrait ; 26 x 15 cm. By James L. Tyson. With handwritten notes. Handwritten date being "29 March 1988" but the article appeared on Christian science monitor, March 28, 1988, page 9 (Note 2)

-China tightens its bureaucratic belt. 1988-03-29. 1 sheet ; 40 x 14 cm. By James L. Tyson. Two clippings from pages 7 and 8 pasted together. Christian science monitor, March 29, 1988 (Note 2)

-Art doesn't imitate life at Washington debut of 'Nixon of China'. 1988-03-30. 1 sheet ; 21 x 29 cm. By Louise Sweeney. "Some who made the '72 trip to Peking find the opera vastly different." Christian science monitor, March 30, 1988, page 22 (Note 2)

-No regrets on the long road to Harvard. 1988-03-31. 1 sheet : portrait ; 37 x 22 cm. By Andrew Higgins. On Liu Binyan(劉賓雁)and his journey to the United States. The Boston globe, March 31, 1988 (Note 2)

-China policy shift on study overseas. 1988-04-04. 1 sheet ; 48 x 6 cm. By Dennis Hevesi. "Document confirms reports of limits put on students hoping to go abroad." "N.Y. Times, 4 April." (Note 2)

• Items 21-40:

-Price are soaring, but Party plays on. 1988-04-05. 1 sheet ; 37 x 9 cm. By James L. Tyson. "Outside China's Great Hall." Christian science monitor, April 5, 1988 (Note 2)

-China sit-in spotlights education. 1988-04-11. 1 sheet ; 18 x 15 cm. By Ann Scott Tyson. Christian science monitor, April 11, 1988, page 11 (Note 2)

-Rally 'round the state : Li Peng receives firm backing as premier from NPC delegates. 1988-04-21. 2 sheets (pages 12-13) : illustration ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Robert Delfs. Far Eastern economic review, April 21, 1988. Also on page 13: Students seek recognition / Robert Delfs (Note 2)

-Chinese students petition ; Students protest restrictions. 1988-04-23. 2 sheets ; 21 x 7 cm-21 x 17 cm (photocopy). By Lisa A. Taggart. The Harvard crimson, volume CLXXXVIII, no. 62 (April 23, 1988), pages 1 and 6 (Note 2)

-Pay as you learn. 1988-04-30. 2 sheets (pages 64, 66) : illustration ; 27 x 21 cm. Detached from: The economist, April 30, 1988. Also on page 64: Basic flaws. Also on page 66: What price freedom? (Note 2)

-"A social contract" and two other articles. 1988-05-12. 4 sheets (pages 72-74, 76) : illustrations ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Louise do Rosario. Far Eastern economic review, May 12, 1988 (Note 2). Includes:
 1) A social contract : Chinese workers cling to their iron rice bowl (pages 72-74)
 2) The footloose few : a handful of young workers make their own careers (pages 72-73)
 3) Peking procrastinates : a city of state workers is slow to change (pages 74, 76) (Note 2)

-Memory as the enemy of tyranny. 1988-05-19. 2 sheets (pages 47, 49) : portraits ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Geremie Barmé. Far Eastern economic review, May 19, 1988 (Note 2)

-Out she goes, again, Miss Ideological Impurity. 1988-05-25. 1 sheet : illustration ; 29 x 23 cm. By Edward A. Gargan. New York times, May 25, 1988 (Note 2)

-Let them eat cash : China tries to scrap food-price control. 1988-05-26. 2 sheets (pages 72-73) : illustrations ; 30 x 21 cm. By Louise do Rosario. Far Eastern economic review, May 26, 1988. Also on page 73: Costly foreign business / by Ellen Salem (Note 2)

-Home for Asian emigrants is where the art is. 1988-06-02. 2 sheets (pages 46-47) : illustrations ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Alisa Joyce. Far Eastern economic review, June 2, 1988 (Note 2)

-Chinese get rare, baffling glimpse of Western abstract art. 1988-06-07. 1 sheet ; 10 x 29 cm. By Ann Scott Tyson. Christian science monitor, June 7, 1988, page 13 (Note 2)

-Roaring to success under China's reform. 1988-06-09. 1 sheet (pages, 1, 30-32) : illustration ; 37 x 57 cm. By James L. Tyson. Christian science monitor, June 9, 1988. Two sheets pastes together. Also on pages 30-31: 1) Western wind through a Chinese landscape. 2) Days of raspberries and revolution in Manchuria / Marina Bliss (Note 2)

-Peking issues a stern call for order. 1988-06-09. 1 sheet (pages 7-8) : illustration ; 20 x 29 cm. By Ann Scott Tyson. "Atmosphere of unrest threatens reforms, leaders say." Christian science monitor, June 9, 1988 (Note 2)

-Fighting sticky fingers. 1988-06-16. 1 sheet (page 22) : illustration ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Ellen Salem. "Corrupt cadres erode support for economic reform." Far Eastern economic review, June 16, 1988 (Note 2)

-Dissident fears vacuum of beliefs. 1988-06-18. 1 sheet : portrait ; 37 x 22 cm. By Andrew Higgins. Boston globe, June 18, 1988. On Fang Lizhi(方勵之) (Note 2)

-China's peasants chafe at restraints. 1988-06-23. 1 sheet : illustration, map ; 37 x 29 cm. By Ann Scott Tyson. "After reaping bounty of cash crops, farmers reluctant to grow food grains." Christian science monitor, June 23, 1988, pages 7-8 (Note 2)

-China eyes Soviet conference. 1988-07-05. 1 sheet ; 38 x 15 cm. By James L. Tyson. "Offers big-brotherly advice to ideological rival." Christian science monitor, July 5, 1988, page 12 (Note 2)

-Fang's plea to comrades : what about the thinkers. 1988-07-07. 3 sheets (pages 71-73) : portraits ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Robert Delfs. Far Eastern economic review, July 7, 1988 (Note 2)

-China's spending frenzy. 1988-08-04. 1 sheet (page 48) : illustration ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Louise do Rosario. "Too much is being spent on wrong items, says report." Far Eastern economic review, August 4, 1988 (Note 2)

-Duped by Chinese cant. 1988-09-01. 2 sheets (pages 44-45) : illustration ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Ian Buruma. Far eastern economic review, September 1, 1988. Book review on "Disco and democracy". Also on page 44-45: Coca-colonisation of Asia / Freddie Balfour (Note 2)

• Items 41-60:

-China's broken engine. 1988-09-08. 4 sheets (pages 128-131) : illustrations ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Louise do Rosario. "All-important state industry is in a mess." Far Eastern economic review, September 8, 1988 (Note 2)
 Also on pages 128-129: Too many cooks / Louise do Rosario.
 Also on pages 130-131: Withering away of the state enterprise / Louise do Rosario.
 Also on page 131: Manager's bruising battles on the shop floor / Louise do Rosario (Note 2)

-Bar room philosophers to meet the real thing. 1988-09-17. 1 sheet : illustration ; 22 x 40 cm. By Kathy Beach. The Independent, September 17, 1988, page 5 (Note 2)

-What price reform?. 1988-09-22. 2 sheets (pages 70-71) : portrait ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Ellen Salem. "Political opposition and an overheating economy force China's reformers to backtrack." Far Eastern economic review, September 22, 1988. Also on pages 70-71: The exclusion of Zhao / Ellen Salem (Note 2)

-Shifting economic gears. 1988-09-29. 2 sheets (pages 17-18) : portrait ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Robert Delfs. "Price reform gives way to curbing inflation, improving management." Far Eastern economic review, September 29, 1988. Also on page 18: Oops! Wrong map : Filipinos rattle their sabres over a phantom annexation / by Rodney Tasker (Note 2)

-Last in, best served. 1988-09-29. 1 sheet (page 110) : illustration ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Elizabeth Cheng. "China's trade reforms bring confusion to the market." Far Eastern economic review, September 29, 1988 (Note 2)

-China bans a TV series, sparking fear of crackdown. 1988-10-09. 1 sheet ; 33 x 6 cm. "Boston Sunday Globe, 9 Oct. 1988" On the television series "River elegy"(河殤) (Note 2)

-Lower gear to hold the road. 1988-10-13. 1 sheet (page 42) : illustration ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Robert Delfs. "Control must be re-asserted if reform is to succeed." Far Eastern economic review, October13, 1988 (Note 2)

-China's price pirates : speculation by cadres is disrupting commodity markets. 1988-10-13. 2 sheets (pages 96-97) : illustrations ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Louise do Rosario. Far Eastern economic review, October 13, 1988. Also on pages 96-97: Bumpkin in trade rings : local authorities muscle in on chaotic markets for a cut / Louise do Rosario (Note 2)

-Asian authors push for a statute of imitations. 1988-10-20. 2 sheets (pages 48-49) ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Sally Adamson Taylor. Far Eastern economic review, October 20, 1988 (Note 2)

-Hair raisers in angry parting. By Jasper Becker. 1988-10-20. 1 sheet ; 9 x 15 cm. "The Guardian, 20 October" (Note 2)

-"Helmsmen's lost bearings" and two other articles. 1988-10-27. 6 sheets (pages 36-41) : illustrations ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). Far Eastern economic review, October 27, 1988 (Note 2). Includes:
 1) Helmsmen's lost bearings : dumping of ideology undermines the party's legitimacy / by Robert Delfs (pages 36-38)
 2) Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold / by Ellen Salem (pages 38-41)
 3) Barons and bandits, a law unto themselves / Ellen Salem (page 40)
 4) Cut strings on southern kites / Robert Delfs (page 41) (Note 2)

-Crackdown on crime. 1988-11-03. 1 sheet (page 23) : illustration ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Tai Ming Cheung. "The police adopt stiffer measures to fight lawlessness." Far Eastern economic review, November 3,1988 (Note 2)

-Big Brother is watching : China's internal security has become a growth industry. 1988-11-03. 2 sheets (pages 24-25) : illustration ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Tai Ming Cheung. Far Eastern economic review, November 3, 1988. Also on page 24: Security chief's rising star : Qiao Shi amasses a lot of power / Tai Ming Cheung. Also on page 25: State secrets redefined : officials could still keep information under the wraps / Tai Ming Cheung (Note 2)

-Cho Cho goes to China; M. Butterfly hits Broadway. 1988-11-03. 1 sheet (page 83) : illustration ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Linda Jaivin. Far Eastern economic review, November 3, 1988 (Note 2)

-Critics now chip away at China's concrete eyesores. 1988-11-17. 3 sheets (pages 54-56) : illustrations ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Geremie Barmé. Far Eastern economic review, November 17, 1988. Also on pages 54-55: Looking for that elusive 'culture,' in a cafe / by Teresa Albor. Also on page 56: New window on Tibet / by Tom Grunfeld (Note 2)

-Rolling river. 1988-11-19. 1 sheet : illustration ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). The economist, November 19, 1988, page 105. On the television series "River elegy"(河殤) (Note 2)

-Not so lofty ; Chicken feed. 1988-11-26. 1 sheet : illustration, 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). The economist, November 26, 1988, page 62 (Note 2)

-Forbidden again. 1988-12-03. 1 sheet : illustration ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). The economist, December 3, 1988, page 64 (Note 2)

-Here's how to succeed without really complying. 1988-12-08. 3 sheets (pages 40-41, 45) : illustrations ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Shim Jae Hoon. Far eastern economic review, December 8, 1988. Also on pages 40-41: Culinary empire built on one man's faith / by Frank Viviano (Note 2)

-Democracy Wall remembered. 1988-12-15. 2 sheets (pages 38-39) : illustration ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Robert Delfs. "Ten years have passed since Xidan Wall was put off limits." Far eastern economic review, December 15, 1988. Also on pages 38-39: Activists still in prison (Note 2)

• Items 61-63:

-Zhou's in and Mao's out in China's hall of fame. 1988-12-22. 3 sheets (pages 34-35, 38) : illustrations ; 30 x 21 cm (photocopy). By Dick Wilson. Far Eastern economic review, December 22, 1988. Also on pages 34-35: Sweet and sour images find an audience abroad / by Mark Thompson. Also on page 38: The Ugly Chinaman has a sequel : The Sick Chinese / by Shim Jae Hoon (Note 2)

-Erstmals Akte in China : Trotz hoher Preise Warteschlangen in Peking. By Peter Achten. 1988-12-31. 1 sheet ; 33 x 11 cm. "Samstag-Sonntag, 31. Dezember 1988/1. Jänner 1989." In German (Note 2)

-China hotel row : HK men face charges. 1988? 2 sheets : portrait ; 24 x 15 cm-15 x 19 cm (photocopy). By David Lague. Title on page 2: HK men face charges in Guilin row (Note 2)

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  • 1988

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