Word: deng
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other hand," he argues, "the conservatives could accuse [Paramount Leader] Deng Xiaoping that these protests are caused by his relaxation on political and ideological issues. They will tell him, `You cannot keep political order...
...political reform was seen as an end in itself--and not just a means to economic reform--by Deng and other leaders of the Party. And just recently, authorities have emphasized the implementation of a constitution which gives people the right to go to the streets, to protest, to spell out opinions," he explains. "So this is a way for students to try to prove their constitutional rights...
...demonstration five days in advance but also ignored a specific prohibition against holding such events in Tiananmen Square. As holiday strollers watched from behind police barricades, the students unfurled a dozen posters and banners calling for democracy and declaring support for the economic reforms introduced by Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping. Seemingly unaware that their actions might instead serve to undermine Deng, they locked arms in a column eight abreast and began marching away from Tiananmen. Then, abruptly, the phalanx of students turned and surged back toward the square...
This background leads to the thought that student demonstrations in favor of "democracy" are presumably in sympathy with and may be factionally allied with the reform wing of the Party that is pursuing political modernization under Deng Xiaoping. The reformers realize that new institutional arrangements are essential for China's modern political life. They may well feel that the majority of the Party are dragging their feet...
...Tiananmen Square to protest the removal by Maoist radicals of thousands of wreaths that had been placed at the Monument to the People's Heroes in memory of Premier Chou En-lai, who had died the previous January. The protesters obliquely attacked Mao and waved banners declaring support for Deng Xiaoping, then senior Deputy Premier. The demonstration quickly turned violent and was suppressed by authorities, who pronounced it "counterrevolutionary." The incident marked the beginning of the end for Mao's Gang of Four and served as a harbinger of Deng's long-awaited ascent to power -- and of the social...