Word: deng
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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China's Communist Party turned 65 last week, but it was not an altogether happy birthday. The celebration came in the midst of a heated debate among party factions over the progress of the reforms launched under Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping, 81, to introduce free enterprise into his nation's economy. In the Chinese press, the openness and variety of criticisms leveled at the party over the past two months have been breathtaking. "The only area that is effectively barred from discussion," said one Western diplomat, "is the party's right to rule...
...political backlash has been under way as well. Conservatives, many of them older party members in powerful jobs, resented their loss of control over ! the economy. They were not pleased when Deng forced their colleagues into retirement and replaced the retirees with young reformers. During last spring's annual National People's Congress, the opponents of reform made a determined stand. They persuaded the session to call for a period of "consolidation," during which no major economic reforms would be undertaken...
Wang's appointment marks an attempt by Deng Xiaoping and other top Communist Party officials to convince Chinese intellectuals that the repression of the Cultural Revolution will not recur. Writers, however, remain skeptical. Despite his advocacy of creative freedom, Wang has proved a staunch supporter of party policy on the arts...
Stephenson said he expected to find a replacement sometime this month, but added that he realized the difficulty in attracting a prominent statesman in such a short period of time. Names being bandied about by officials as possible replacements include Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, Chinese Premier Deng Xiao Ping, and Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid...
...University Graduate School of Journalism, was based on three issues: "Viet Nam Ten Years Later" (April 15, 1985); "My God, What Have We Done?" (July 29), a special section commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing; and the 1985 Man of the Year cover story on China's Deng Xiaoping (Jan. 6, 1986). The judges cited TIME for "meshing pictures, artwork, headlines and text . . . to tell the story with clarity, efficiency, drama and vigor." Commented Art Director Rudy Hoglund, who, with Executive Director Nigel Holmes and Special Projects Chief Tom Bentkowski, is responsible for the look of the magazine...