Word: deng
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...opposite number, Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian, Howe spent 90 minutes with Premier Zhao Ziyang in the Purple Light Pavilion, where Emperors once gave audiences to "barbarians" bringing tribute. Finally, the Foreign Secretary went on to the Great Hall of the People and spent an additional 40 minutes with Deng Xiaoping, China's de facto leader, who has elevated the recovery of Hong Kong to a national mission. By the time their discussion ended, Deng, looking tanned and healthy less than a month before his 80th birthday, seemed positively merry. "If we say that it was General de Gaulle...
White House aides are convinced that the present regime in China is genuinely pragmatic and sincere in its desire for modernization. Even when de facto Ruler Deng Xiaoping and Zhao criticized Reagan privately for U.S. policies in the Middle East and Central America, TIME Peking Bureau Chief David Aikman reported, they seemed more concerned about means than ends. The Chinese leaders tacitly approved of Reagan's steps to check the U.S.S.R. (including his arms buildup), but warned the President that he needed to be more artful in his dealings with the Soviets, who are skillful meddlers and propagandists...
...Chinese was actually a return to the more amicable ties established by Presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter. In his first two years in office, Reagan neglected the People's Republic and boosted arms sales to Taiwan, despite a 1982 promise by the U.S. not to do so. Taiwan, Deng warned Reagan last week, remains a "knot" in Sino-American relations...
...President's trip brought a personal flavor to the growing rapprochement. Having spent time with Deng and the rest of the top echelon, said a White House aide, "the President sees them as human beings, not as some anonymous red horde." For Deng, the "most important progress is that I met the President for the first time." A major concern of U.S. diplomats is whether Deng, 79, will be able to install a new generation of leaders who share his distrust of the Soviets and fascination with free enterprise. If he cannot, the door to the Middle Kingdom could...
...Chinese are still uneasy about the role of foreign capital in their economy, which was opened up to Western investment in 1979. Hammer's deal almost fell apart a number of times, only to be saved by the personal intervention of Deng Xiaoping, China's top man. When he and Hammer met before the signing, they were seen bear-hugging each other. Said Hammer: "I never doubted it would happen as long as Deng was behind me. He never failed...