A heretic's trip to China
For years, Italian Communist Party Chief Enrico Berlinguer has flaunted his independence from Moscow by adopting heresy upon Marxist heresy. He has embraced democratic pluralism, supported NATO and even condemned the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. This week, with boldness bordering on recklessness, Berlinguer set off on a formal eight-day visit to China, the Soviet Union's main ideological adversary. Berlinguer's colleagues insisted that his trip was merely an attempt to resume normal relations with the Chinese party, which were cut off in 1962. Nonetheless, the visit was not...
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