1976 Archives

1976

Our prudent, incoherent China policy

by Edward Luttwak,

Long live the despots

by Peregrine Worsthorne,

Covering for China

by Harper’s Staff,

Going to see the dragon

by Paul Theroux,

A journey through south China, land of capitalist miracles, where yesterday's rice paddy becomes tomorrow's metropolis, and a thousand factories bloom

The last banquet

Art by Hongtu Zhang,

Beijing’s China card

Translated by Shi Heping,

Trumping Asian allies

by Michael Arthur Ledeen,

. . . while dealing from the bottom of the deck

Sins of Omission

by Eugene J. McCarthy,

The media as censor

Auld lang syne

by Lewis H. Lapham,

The Wizard of Oz

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Jimmy Carter’s Pathetic Lies

by Steven Brill,

The heroic image is made of brass