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To: Tom who wrote (1255)	1/30/1998 7:16:00 AM
From: Stitch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2951

Tom, <<Extremist notions have spawned from such circumstances in the past.>> I have, for some time, labored under the notion that The Cultural revolution and all that it meant had been succesfully repudiated, not the least by the prosecution of the "gang of four". It is a very disturbing thought to think that there would be even a glimmer of life in the form of a political legacy seeded by those horrific days. Its like awakening to the nightmarish fact that there are Germans who would cling to fascism. I will mention that I have spoken with participants, and they would rather die then see a return to those days. Its quite an irony that some from those days have gone on to be educated and are in a position to perhaps some day breathe new life into a notion of intellectual "cleansing". Even more so when you consider that the movement robbed almost an entire generation of an education. Again I'll say I look forward to your posts. Best, Stitch

To: Tom who wrote (1255)	2/2/1998 6:28:00 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2951

Tom: << The products of the Cultural Revolution, who are now middle-aged, have been to the depths of human existence and returned, many of them, to be educated in some of the finest universities in the world. They are, for the most part, fiercely patriotic and will be China's leaders in the opening decades of the 21st century. Salute to your insightful comment. If the world does not pay attention to this group of Chinese, they would miss a major part of the picture in China. Even if a lot of people in this group have never got formal higher/college education, they are not necessarily less educated than most of the college graduates. Maybe they don't know as much about chemical elements or physical properties as the college graduates, but they sure knows more about social sciences than most of the college graduates. I passed the college entrence exam in Beijing and got into college without even one day of formal middle school education, and I am not even that smart. So my conclusion is that one can self-teach most of the staff people learnt in college/university as long as one has enough motivation, with the exception of chemistry and physics of course. The latter does need some lab equipment or things like that. If someone judge others just by their degree certificate, then they will underestimate a lot of these "products of the Cultural Revolution". Tom, thanks for all the insightful comment about China. And I don't see them often in this country.