Word: chen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Only one Chinese woman holds a top post through her own merit or political power, Chen Muhua, the Minister of Economic Relations with Foreign Countries. Said Cho Lin in her toast at a State Department lunch...
...reportedly fought against Teng's rehabilitation from disgrace 18 months ago were still at their posts last week, though their power was manifestly diminished. They were: Wu Teh, who was ousted as mayor of Peking last October; Secret Police Chief Wang Tung-hsing; and Peking Regional Commander Chen Hsi-lien. Their survival appeared to be evidence of Teng's willingness to compromise with opposing factions, at least temporarily, to achieve the unity necessary for the arduous push toward modernization...
...seats in both the National Assembly and Legislative Council scheduled for December 23. Up to that point, the campaign had been the most open in the island's history, with opposition candidates freely criticizing the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) government. With unwitting prescience, one independent office seeker, mainland-born Chen Ku-ying, had planned to cap his campaign by erecting a billboard in Taipei that contained the simple inscription: WHERE ARE WE GOING...
FICTION: A Good School, Richard Yates ∙ Final Payments, Mary Gordon ∙ Innocent Eréndira and Other Stories, Gabriel Garcia Mdrquez ∙ Shosha, Isaac Bashevis Singer ∙ The Execution of Mayor Yin, Chen Jo-hsi ∙ The World According to Garp, John Irving
...Execution of Mayor Yin, Chen...