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Forgotten then and unreported now: The bloodletting inspired by ‘Maoism’

By Editor One on June 6, 2013 BB NE Asia, Cambodia, China, Exclusives, India, Life, Mideast, NE Asia, North Korea, Top Stories

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com NEW DELHI — The late “Great Leader” Kim Il-Sung no doubt drew upon the teachings of Mao Zedong when he formulated his philosophy of “juche” or self-reliance, but one word you never hear on visits to North Korea is “Maoism.” If North Korea recognizes Mao Zedong as an […]

Progress in Mumbai is held up by bureaucrats and ‘Indian Standard Time’

By Editor One on February 20, 2013 Columnists, COMMENTARY, Exclusives, India, Life, Mideast, Sol Sanders, Top Stories, World Links

Sol W. Sanders MUMBAI (BOMBAY), India — Is the Indian economy retreating back into “the Hindu rate of growth” which characterized the stagnation of four decades when New Delhi ran the economy with its imitation of Soviet planning? A returning former resident finds more than a touch of Calcutta’s notorious chaos and poverty in […]