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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Department of Computer Science, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	pJanuary 11, 1984 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓New York Review␈↓
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓To the Editor:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        John␈α∞Fairbanks␈α∞cites␈α∞the␈α∂following␈α∞joke␈α∞from␈α∞␈↓↓One␈α∞Billion:␈α∂A␈α∞China␈α∞Chronicle␈↓␈α∞by␈α∂Jay␈α∞and
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Linda␈α⊂Matthews␈α∂as␈α⊂an␈α∂example␈α⊂of␈α∂Chinese␈α⊂humor.␈α∂ "I'm␈α⊂in␈α∂prison␈α⊂because␈α∂I␈α⊂supported␈α∂Deng
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Hsiaoping.␈α
 I'm␈αin␈α
prison␈α
because␈αI␈α
opposed␈α
Deng␈αHsiaoping.␈α
 I␈α
am␈αDeng␈α
Hsiaoping."␈α
The␈αjoke␈α
is
␈↓ ↓H␈↓old␈α∂and␈α∂at␈α∂least␈α∂by␈α∂the␈α∂≡fties␈α∂it␈α∞was␈α∂cited␈α∂with␈α∂some␈α∂appropriate␈α∂Russian␈α∂instead␈α∂of␈α∂Deng.␈α∞ It
␈↓ ↓H␈↓would␈α∂be␈α∂interesting␈α⊂to␈α∂know␈α∂how␈α⊂old␈α∂the␈α∂joke␈α⊂really␈α∂is␈α∂and␈α⊂from␈α∂what␈α∂published␈α⊂source␈α∂the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Chinese humorist might have acquired it.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science