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Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping has often tried to soothe such worries with bromides to the effect that the people of Hong Kong should "put their hearts at ease." But his actions, contrary to his reassurances, have served merely to unsettle those hearts. Last May, after several Chinese officials had publicly declared that China would not station soldiers on Hong Kong soil, Deng suddenly summoned the Hong Kong press. After denouncing the claims of two of his associates as "hogwash," he instructed the astonished journalists, "You go and publish this bit of news. Troops will be stationed in Hong Kong...
People's Daily last week celebrated the 80th birthday of Deng Xiaoping, China's top leader, not with an official announcement but with one of the paper's most unusual articles in recent memory. The subject: Deng's ordeal as a political outcast during the decade of Mao Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution. The author: "Mao Mao," the childhood nickname of one of Deng's three daughters. According to her account, three years after Deng was ousted from Deng Xiaoping Mao's inner circle in 1966 for being too critical of economic policies...
...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...
...have not been entirely pleased with Britain's handling of their fortunes. It must then be presented to the British Parliament and to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in Peking. Although Thatcher can expect to receive overwhelming support in the House of Commons, Deng may have to persuade hard-liners that he is not being extravagantly generous toward the citadel of laissez-faire capitalism. If all goes well, Thatcher and Zhao could sign the final treaty before the end of the year, and poker faces may even give way to smiles. -By Pico Iyer...
...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...