Word: commandant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...troops brought to the capital from all over China during the past few weeks are said to be loyal not to some central command but to various factions in the leadership. Thus while numerous units remained behind barricades, others, like the 27th Army, wreaked destruction in the city. Reports of heavy fire inside the Forbidden City, where police and P.L.A. units are routinely billeted, led to speculation that the rival units were shooting it out with one another. Furthermore, said a Western academic in Beijing, "there was very clearly a battle between two different army units on the road...
...think we damn near burned down the school," says Hren. "We were sent a letter that slapped our hands, basically telling us, "Don't skip the chain of command and send a letter...
...peacefully blocked their path -- a Chinese version of "flower power." According to some Western analysts, the army leaders were made hesitant by the ambiguity of their situation. For example, the capital's hard-line mayor and party secretary passed on the martial-law order to the Beijing military command but without instructions as to when and how force was to be used...
...overhead, people below looked up and shook their fists. Any attempt to disperse the crowds and end the demonstrations would seem to require massive firepower. The protesters waited, one minute hoping that Deng would come to his senses and call off the troops, the next minute dreading that the command might be issued to clear the streets no matter how much blood would be spilled...
...women who command the respect of men don't raise relevant issues, no one with a similar chance for success will. If change is to be enacted within the system, women leaders, sensitized to certain issues, must take up the causes, not just for themselves but for reforms that can improve the workplace...