Word: chen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...suspect was a Black male of thin build, between 6' and 6'5" in height, according to Johnson. At the time of the incident, he was wearing a brown corduroy dress shirt, which was unbuttoned, and a dark tee-shirt underneath. Victor T. Chen PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION...
While it is certainly regrettable that several thousand dollars worth of Yoruba objects were taken from the Peabody Museum last week it is equally regrettable that no one bothered to verify the most basic of facts in Victor T. Chen's story ("African Artifacts Stolen from Peabody Museum," news story, Apr. 26, 1995). The Yoruba students who were in my African Art sections (Literature and Arts B-27) last semester may be more than a bit surprised to find that they "once lived in what is now Liberia and Nigeria. "First, the Yoruba continue to live in Nigeria, and from...
...China today these are unusual, discomforting times: Deng himself is rumored to be near death, and the struggle to succeed him is well under way. Despite Chen's prestige, China's official media waited 28 hours to announce his death. By Wednesday it was clear that Chen, an old advocate of central planning who had opposed rapid economic reform, would not be buried with the same pageantry as other members of the revolutionary generation who have previously "gone to meet Marx." By week's end the regime had not even announced a date for lowering flags in Tiananmen Square...
When a senior Chinese leader dies, the order of names of the official pallbearers, the effusiveness of the obituary, the length of the mourning period, all provide signs of the individuals and policies that are in favor. Chen's death was long expected, and the delay in mounting his funeral has intensified fears of confusion and factionalism within the government. Chinese history is replete with episodes of political chaos following the death of an Emperor, and Deng Xiaoping, like Mao Zedong before him, is universally viewed in imperial terms. Official rhetoric has portrayed a new core leadership headed by party...
...again, then failing to pursue an anticorruption drive could make the country more difficult to govern, for Jiang or anyone else. The regime certainly seems nervous these days. Police line Beijing's main avenues, on the lookout for any potential unrest. One theory about the low-key treatment of Chen Yun's death is that it may be a trial run for the day Deng dies. Says a Chinese analyst: "If they manage to avoid a funeral for Chen, they might be able to do the same for Deng. More than anything, the government is afraid of gatherings, even...