Word: deng
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Deng Xiaoping, the leader responsible for cleaning up the shambles of Mao's Cultural Revolution and introducing free market reforms into the slumbering giant, stepped down from all but one of his leadership posts. Zhao Ziyang, a 68-year-old reformer in Deng's mold--but lacking his expertise and broad support--was annointed the new leader...
Nine years ago, Deng started his country walking, and now Zhao is ready to quicken the pace...
...what has become a long-distance race along parallel tracks, the Chinese enjoy a lengthy lead. Reformer Deng's brand of "socialism with Chinese characteristics" has scored the most dramatic successes in the countryside. The roads of Sichuan province, the rice bowl of China, teem with bicycles and mini-tractors hauling everything from geese and green beans to bricks and black vinyl sofas. In Guanghan county, one of the first two regions in the country to abolish the Mao-inspired communes and lease land back to farmers % under the family contract system, the per capita income of agricultural workers...
When students took to the streets late last year to press for greater democratization, the warning signal was not lost on China's leadership. Hu Yaobang, a onetime disciple of Deng's, was forced to step down as party leader in January, admitting to "political errors" for failing to contain the protests, and the party pursued a campaign against "bourgeois liberalism." Chinese officials worry about the growing number of cases of corruption, fraud, theft and prostitution that have come to light since the reforms began. The outside world cannot be blamed for all such symptoms of social malaise. Says...
...13th Party Congress, Deng Xiaoping remains the master of compromise between ideologues and pragmatists. -- A TIME correspondent travels through China and the Soviet Union, comparing the substance and pace of reforms. -- Vacillating negotiators threaten the Central American peace process. -- The Soviets give the green light to more Jewish emigration...