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TIME's cover story this week examines the widespread changes that are taking place in China as it undergoes a "second revolution" under aging, pragmatic Deng Xiaoping. The story was the work of Staff Writer Pico Iyer, aided by Reporter-Researchers Oscar Chiang and Edward Gomez. Reporting for the cover was shared by three men, each of whom brought a very different perspective to the events he observed...
...speculation that Chiang and Deng Xiaoping may try to resolve Taiwan's status. First of all, I wish to point out emphatically that there is not any so-called Taiwan question. In fact, there is only the China question. With the implementation of constitutional democracy in the Taiwan area, our people enjoy a free, peaceful, happy and prosperous life. This greatly disturbs the Chinese Communist leaders. Therefore they spare no effort in using all kinds of plots trying to confuse the China question with a so-called Taiwan question. An early reunification of China is the common wish...
...Tieying is the very model of what China's paramount ruler Deng Xiaoping, 80, calls a "third echelon" party leader: young, educated and experienced. Last week Li, 48, became the youngest of nine up-and-coming officials named to head key government agencies. The average age of the new appointees is below 55, and all of them have the equivalent of university degrees as well as other professional qualifications. That meets Deng's criteria for bringing up a new third echelon of party leaders in their 40s and 50s. Deng represents the first echelon, while Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang...
...stress Deng's emphasis on education, the Education Ministry was upgraded to a State Commission, a body with higher status than a ministry. It will be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Li Peng, 56, an engineer who is widely regarded as a possible successor to Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang. More important changes may come at a September party conference, when reformists will attempt to make leadership changes in party organizations by including more young, well-educated men and women in the Central Committee and even in the ruling Politburo...
...soccer crowds in 1980, when 50 fans were arrested and fined for setting off firecrackers and hurling broken glass during a match between the National Football team and Britain's Norwich City. Just last month party officials issued instructions for maintaining order and promoting good sportsmanship at soccer matches. Deng Xiaoping, China's de facto leader, is sensitive to public rowdiness because his leftist opponents within the Communist Party are quick to criticize any signs of "bourgeois" trends in Chinese society. As Peking's Sports News sermonized on its front page last week, "Athletic events are a window on socialist...