Word: deng
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. TERESA TENG, 43, Taiwanese pop singer; after suffering an asthma attack in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Though Beijing banned her Mandarin love songs as "spiritual pollution" in the 1980s, fans snatched up recordings smuggled in through Hong Kong; it was said that "Little Teng" was more popular than "Old Deng" Xiaoping...
...China today these are unusual, discomforting times: Deng himself is rumored to be near death, and the struggle to succeed him is well under way. Despite Chen's prestige, China's official media waited 28 hours to announce his death. By Wednesday it was clear that Chen, an old advocate of central planning who had opposed rapid economic reform, would not be buried with the same pageantry as other members of the revolutionary generation who have previously "gone to meet Marx." By week's end the regime had not even announced a date for lowering flags in Tiananmen Square...
...signs of the individuals and policies that are in favor. Chen's death was long expected, and the delay in mounting his funeral has intensified fears of confusion and factionalism within the government. Chinese history is replete with episodes of political chaos following the death of an Emperor, and Deng Xiaoping, like Mao Zedong before him, is universally viewed in imperial terms. Official rhetoric has portrayed a new core leadership headed by party secretary Jiang Zemin, ready to step into the shoes of the nonagenarians who joined Mao on the Long March and have have ruled the country since...
Qiao has another ploy at his disposal. As the former head of China's secret police, he undoubtedly has plenty of evidence of corruption among Jiang's allies. The last thing Jiang can afford when gathering allies for a post-Deng power struggle is the threat that they or their children could become targets. That may be impossible to avoid in today's China. "Everyone is on the take," says an Asian diplomat in Beijing, "from top bureaucrats to doctors and waitresses." "It's been said there are three options," says Lilley. "Shoot the corrupt, let them go free...
...govern, for Jiang or anyone else. The regime certainly seems nervous these days. Police line Beijing's main avenues, on the lookout for any potential unrest. One theory about the low-key treatment of Chen Yun's death is that it may be a trial run for the day Deng dies. Says a Chinese analyst: "If they manage to avoid a funeral for Chen, they might be able to do the same for Deng. More than anything, the government is afraid of gatherings, even for funerals...