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...China. Announcing the lifting of wartime provisions in Taiwan last week, President Lee Teng-hui conceded, "From now on, we must accept the reality that the communists control the mainland." He even called the Beijing regime a "political entity," bold words for a leadership that once referred to Deng Xiaoping & Co. as "rebel usurpers...
...does China's leader Deng Xiaoping seem to dislike you so much...
...fact, Bush's personal friendliness seems to cut against this kind of moral empathy. He seems more concerned with not hurting the feelings of people he's met, like Deng Xiaoping, than about the fate of people he hasn...
What will happen after Deng dies is a matter of constant debate among China watchers; most agree that his passing will be traumatic. "When Deng dies, all hell will break loose once again," says an Asian ambassador based in Beijing. Few believe, however, that change will ultimately come from the streets in protests like those mounted last spring, although a better-educated people will inevitably demand more freedom of expression. Nor do they foresee the imminent collapse of the Communist Party, as happened in Eastern Europe. Whereas the regimes in Eastern Europe were imposed by the Soviet Union, rule...
...only two viable institutions in China, and the army is in the service of the party. That leaves only one channel for positive change: a new, more enlightened Emperor who will reform the system from the top down. Such a leader can come forward, of course, only after Deng has died. But even if a Chinese version of Mikhail Gorbachev does take office, he will have to tread carefully. As the students camped out in Tiananmen Square discovered that fateful night last June, any attempt to change China too quickly is an invitation to tragedy...