from WaPo SLATE mag:>... if there's any room left for nails in Mao's ideological coffin, the NY [TIMES] looks to bang one in with a front page piece on Shanghai high-school textbooks all but eliminating mention of the chairman. To nobody's surprise, the ruling Communist Party is less interested today in imparting to students the inspiring history of the Chinese people's ability to overthrow exploitative regimes and dynasties. Of course, that has nothing to do with politics, Chinese officials tell the Times.<
is this the correct way to handle Contradictions Among the People? -- Jim Devine / "Wages of sin don't adjust for inflation. It's a buyer's market when you sell your soul." -- Jeffery Foucault, "Ghost Repeater."
