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Sunday, January 20, 2008
New World Bank Chief Economist Defected to Communist China
The World Bank appointed Justin Lin, a Chinese academic, as its new Chief Economist the other day.
What's interesting about Lin is that he actually defected from Taiwan to Communist China by swimming across the Formosa strait, abandoning his wife and young child in the process. Odd.
Posted by Adam T. Yoshida on January 20, 2008 in International Politics | Permalink
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When a huge number of Chinese even died trying to escape the communist regime, this is clearly the exception. I must question the claim that he had to swim in order to join the communists. As with the iron curtain, it was and is a one-way street. No one had to risk their life to move to the communist side. Anyway I do not really care other than it smacks of typical communist propaganda.
The real irony here is his appointment. Communist are such experts on econmy, n'est-ce pas?
Posted by: Alain | 21-Jan-08 12:03:11 PM
Bull Droppings!
Posted by: dewp | 21-Jan-08 2:46:07 PM
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