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The Skeletons in Deng's Closet - By Christian Caryl | Foreign Policy My favorite quote comes from Deng’s youngest son: “My father thinks Gorbachev is an idiot.” Oddly enough, whenever Vogel brings up the subject, it’s the party that gets to decide what constitutes Chinese values. The critics somehow never do. He tells us that some of the critical texts put up to public view on Beijing’s Democracy Wall, the place where a remarkable spirit of pluralism was allowed to flourish for a few months starting in late 1978, “were posted by other young people who were inspired by their newfound freedom but, having lived in a closed society, lacked the experience and wisdom to inform or temper their judgments.” People’s Daily couldn’t have put it better.

Factbox: Amazon's Fire versus Apple's iPad 2 | Reuters 出了电池续航能力略差一点，Amazon Fire 显然完胜iPad2。

Amazon Introduces Kindle Fire, Which Undercuts iPad’s Price - NYTimes.com 早也盼，晚也盼，iPad的终结者终于来了。 亚马逊有比苹果更强大的两样东西：内容，云服务。 我相信，一定能把苹果斩落马下。

山东省沾化县棉花种植面积与产量（1949－2011） 年份 种植面积（万亩） 皮棉单产（公斤） 1949 8.08 12 1950 10.67 8 … … … 1954 18.50 15 1955 21.30 18 … … … 1959 16.75 11 1960 8.40 9 1961 6.54 2 1962 7.16 3 … … … 1965 13.50 12 1966 8.90 6 … … … 1970 9.47 23 … … … 1976 7.95 8 1977 7.27 9 1978 7.24 6 1979 4.95 9 1980 7.04 14 1981 8.43 28 1982 17.37 32 1983 25.42 47 1984 32.25 62 1985 26.79 59 1986 21.14 42 1987 32.04 57 … … … 2011 * 67.78 无数据 资料来源： ...

The Skeletons in Deng’s Closet - By Christian Caryl | Foreign Policy My favorite quote comes from Deng’s youngest son: “My father thinks Gorbachev is an idiot.” Oddly enough, whenever Vogel brings up the subject, it’s the party that gets to decide what constitutes Chinese values. The critics somehow never do. He tells us that some of the critical texts put up to public view on Beijing’s Democracy Wall, the place where a remarkable spirit of pluralism was allowed to flourish for a few months starting in late 1978, “were posted by other young people who were inspired by their newfound freedom but, having lived in a closed society, lacked the experience and wisdom to inform or temper their judgments.” People’s Daily couldn’t have put it better.

Amazon reveals $79 Kindle -- Engadget 用Kindle的女人都是有魅力的女人。

在Google的协助下，以色列博物馆终于把《死海古卷》搬到网上：The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls。在这里，既可以放大阅读古卷的希伯来原文，又可以看到经文的翻译。 1947年春，阿拉伯牧童穆罕默德－伊尔迪伯在死海的西北岸寻找迷失的羊，走进一个叫库兰的山谷里。他把石头扔进山洞，听见了陶瓮被击碎的声音。惊奇之余，他约了同伴进洞，发现了陶罐碎片和整器，里面发现了被布包着的卷轴，打开发现是写着文字的羊皮卷和蒲草文件。他们拿到耶路撒冷去叫卖，辗转卖到了圣马可修道院。经该修道院的叙利亚大主教塞繆尔研究，初步认定这是几篇最古老的希伯来文《圣经》。这一发现，引起轰动。考古学家和史学家前往该地进行系统发掘。到1956年为止，在库兰一号洞附近，又找到11个洞穴里藏有《旧约》和其他文献的手抄本。种类600多，残片数万计，被称为当代考古最伟大的发现。 ...