Word: deng
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...last week that for the first time in 35 years consumers would be allowed to buy goods on the installment plan. The ruling regime will also encourage an increase in the country's beauty parlors, tourist attractions, gymnasiums, catering services and other businesses. These enterprises are part of Leader Deng Xiaoping's program to expand the Chinese economy by introducing a bit of individual initiative...
...prices do rise and China has to cope with major inflation, the complaints could be powerful fodder for Deng's opponents. Though no party official has publicly criticized his programs, some in the 24member Politburo are believed to have strong reservations about the policies. Chen Yun, chairman of the party's disciplinary commission, for example, is thought to favor Soviet- style economic planning and to oppose Deng's open-door policy to the West. Other party officials also distrust Deng's reforms because of their capitalistic flavor, but much of their opposition is rooted in self-interest. For Deng...
China's future leaders are now emerging. At a party meeting in late December, Deng lavishly praised several younger members, including Hu Qili, who is in charge of the Secretariat's day-to-day operations and who, at 56, is considered a rising star. Deng also announced a party delegate conference for next September to elect as many as 50 new members to the 346-seat Central Committee. The anticipated housecleaning is intended to make room for younger, more open-minded and better-educated officials who are likely to promote rather than resist reform. Efforts are also under...
...Deng is obviously trying to ensure that his reforms will survive after he is gone. In recent months he has stressed to foreign visitors that his overtures to the West are a permanent feature of Chinese foreign policy, not a passing fad. But as the blitz of New Year's pronouncements indicated, Deng also feels that the attempt to bring reform to the cities needs a fresh personal push. That effort has brought him back into the limelight after two years of governing largely behind the scenes. The strategy may help attract public support and build a national consensus...
...writer to provide her with new, improved material. She has plunged into unfamiliar territory, sitting on Mr. T's lap at a White House Christmas celebration, opening her arms to a young addict at a California drug rehabilitation clinic and, in Peking last spring, responding gracefully when Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping suggested to her that "next time" she "come alone." A few weeks ago she agreed to spend time with drug-addicted inmates at a jail in the heartland. But the new gusto goes beyond pageantry and photo opportunities. For Nancy Reagan has become a forceful figure within the Administration...