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  1. Chinese Revolution 60 years on: socialist revolution, capitalist restoration

    After the defeat of Japan in 1945, war broke out again between the CP and the pro-capitalist Guomintang, ... revolution, a large section of people lived on the brink of starvation. This lowered resistance to disease so ... 69.6 years for women and 67 for men, Ruth and Victor Sidel's 1982 book, The Health of China, said. ...

  2. Abbott's twisted job application

    women might make of his patronising sexism is an interesting question. Abbott supports a national ... conservative women politicians; it is just one of many examples of his insular point of view. Abbott brings new ... quagmire of war in Afghanistan — none of it looms large in the Abbott world view. This is the man who has ...