Word: chengdu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sichuan's capital, Chengdu, the provincial radio said 100 people were arrested after what it called a "gang of scoundrels" stormed city offices Sunday and beat up 300 security officials. There were unconfirmed reports that 20 people had been killed in clashes with security forces...
Anti-government demonstrations spread to Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, Shenyang and other cities...
...stroll through the streets of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, the power base of Acting Party Chief Zhao Ziyang, offers a glimpse of just how potent the economic force of self-interest can be. The energetic proprietress of the "Freindship" restaurant points to fresh fish writhing in a bucket, trying to persuade passersby that her culinary skills outshine her grasp of English spelling. A street stall displaying posters of the rock group Wham! advertises a dazzling red-and-blue "American garment." Private traders without permanent stands spread out blankets with photos of movie stars, horoscope cards and plastic hair brushes...
...have come to enjoy. Sidewalk bookstalls in provincial Sichuan now offer readers the autobiography of Archcapitalist Lee Iacocca, selected writings of Sigmund Freud, Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue and lavishly illustrated handbooks on how to apply eye makeup. Former students of English gather at twilight by the banks of Chengdu's Jinjiang river to practice their fractured grammar. The flashing sign above the dance floor at Guangzhou's luxury Baiyun Hotel actually reads WELCOME TO JOIN THE PARTY. No one interprets "party" as meaning the Communist variety...
...Chinese dish, by the way, is likely to be better than a Western-style choice, judging by the sorry fare offered at places such as the Golden Flower Hotel in Xi'an, the Jinjiang Guest House in Chengdu and the somewhat macabre copy of the Parisian Maxim's in Peking. Even Chinese breakfasts of rice porridge, pickles, pork and dumplings surpass their Western counterparts, although there were excellent room-service breakfasts at the Jinling Hotel in Nanjing and the luxurious White Swan Hotel in Canton...