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Four experts at forum
discuss Chinese issues
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By NANCY WEATHERLEY
Battalion Reporter
Chinese efforts to match the
American standard of living were
among topics discussed Sunday
afternoon at Texas A&M Universi
ty in a forum on Chinese issues.
Fifty people attended the
forum presented by the Chinese
Student Association and the Inter
national Student Association of
Texas A&M.
A major issue on the Chinese
mainland is the effort to catch up
to the United States’ standard of
living, said Dr. Teh-kuang Chang,
political scientist at Ball State Uni
versity. Modernization of main
land China, a goal of the Com
munist Party for many years, con
sists of four major areas: agricul
ture, industry, national defense
and scientific technology, he said.
Chang, one of four political ex
perts who spoke at the forum, also
said that only through involve
ment by all the people of China
could modernization take place.
“The political modernization of
the Proletariat is needed so that
others can become involved,”
Chang said.
Chang and Dr. James Tsao, pro
fessor of political science at Hous
ton Baptist University, said that
no modernization could occur in
China unless there is social free
dom for the people. “You cannot
have political stability without
democracy,” Tsao said. Freedom
of speech is the foundation of
democracy and the Chinese need
to avail themselves to speak freely
whenever possible, he said.
Tsao said Taiwan has put basic
practices of democracy to work,
but more is required before
Taiwan can be judged a success.
Dr. Ignatius J.H. Tsao, a mem
ber of the department of political
science at State University of New
York, described the Party’s idea of
democracy. “The dictatorship of
the proletariat is put over as a form
of democracy since theoretically
all power is in the hands of the
people, with everybody exercis
ing a dictatorship, thus making a
democracy,” he said.
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Dr. Richard H. Yang, who is
from the Department of Chinese
and Japanese at Washington Uni
versity, said the United States
should be more careful in deciding
policies with China since Chinese
policies can change radically, as
shown by China’s denouncement
of Mao Tse-tung.
“It is important to realizd that
China is no card to be played at
her expense,” Yang said.
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Dr. Teh-kuang Chang, political scientist at Ball State University, speaks at a forum on Chinese issues Sunil
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