Noam Chomsky warns of the threat of nuclear power

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Critic, linguistics expert Chomsky finding new contours at 82
English.news.cn 2010-08-16 09:58:16

BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- In his first visit to the Chinese mainland, Noam Chomsky, the 82-year-old world renowned intellectual, father of modern linguistics and perhaps the most famous critic of American foreign policy and mainstream media, warned his listeners at Peking University of the dangers of environmental and nuclear catastrophes.

Chomsky appeared in Beijing as the keynote speaker for GLOW in Asia VIII, a forum held by the Generative Linguistics in the Old World (Asia) at the Beijing Foreign Language and Culture University from August 12 to 15.

"There are two major threats of the lives and death of the humankind," Chomsky said in his August 13 lecture, Contours of the world: continuities and changes. "One is the environmental catastrophe, the other is the threat of nuclear power."

Chomsky pointed out that China had seen spectacular development following the reform and opening up in 1978; however, the problems of environmental pollution as well as huge social inequalities need to be addressed.

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Via http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction/nuclear-news-noam-chomsky-warns-of-the-threat/blog/26183

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