Word: deng
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some delegates, all the talk about economic modernization had an ominous sound, since Hu and Deng are believed to be preparing a broad shake-up of the party leadership throughout China in the name of modernization. As one party stalwart explained, "About 10% of the membership is no longer up to the grade." That could spell trouble for some 3.9 million party functionaries and officials who, in Deng's view, have failed to support his ambitious dream of a stable and modern China...
...Taiwan. When Peking began demanding a firm date for the U.S. to halt selling arms to Taiwan, Washington countered by insisting that the Chinese formally renounce the use of force to achieve reunification with Taiwan, and the talks foundered. But last May, after Chinese Communist Party Vice Chairman Deng Xiaoping completed a sweeping reorganization of China's top leadership, and U.S. Vice President George Bush visited Peking with a calming letter from Reagan, tensions began to ease. After one final blast in the People...
...White House banquet honoring China's Vice Chairman Deng Xiaoping, Shirley MacLaine enthusiastically recalled a trip to the People's Republic and a meeting with a nuclear physicist. Since being sentenced to a commune to grow tomatoes, she told Deng, the scientist said he felt much happier and more productive. Replied Deng politely: "He lied." Such rosy reports have been as predictable as the years of the Monkey, Pig and Goat, but from time to time, a Dengian antidote has been offered. Fox Butterfield's China: Alive in the Bitter Sea and Richard Bernstein's From...
...highest-ranking member of the Administration yet to visit China, arrived in Peking bearing a reassuring personal letter from Reagan. Though the Chinese received Bush with personal expressions of friendship, neither his entreaties nor Reagan's letter changed any minds in Peking. Deng underscored the seriousness of the Taiwan issue by asserting that he hoped Bush's visit would "dispel the shadows and dark clouds that hang over our relations...
Some Administration officials believe that China has as much interest as the U.S. in maintaining close ties. The stubborn Chinese position, they argue, only reflects internal struggles as Deng tries to accommodate hard-liners in his party. But that view may underestimate the depth of Chinese feeling about Taiwan. "It's a matter of national pride, of sovereignty," says a Peking intellectual. "If we compromise on this score, future generations will curse us for having sold...