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...voyage promises more symbol than substance, neither side is down-playing the value of that symbolism. For Reagan, the trip underscores his commitment to the Pacific Basin and polishes his image as statesman while his Democratic presidential opponents prepare to slug it out in the Texas caucuses. For Deng Xiaoping, China's de facto leader although he holds no top government or party title, the journey will reaffirm China's determination to broaden its ties with the West. It will also allow millions of Americans following Reagan's trip on television to get an unusually close look at a nation...
...President is scheduled to hold seven hours of talks with Deng, Premier Zhao Ziyang and General Secretary Hu Yaobang. Reagan and Zhao will sign at least two documents, both relatively minor: a treaty that would eliminate double taxation on U.S. companies in China, and a two-year extension of a cultural exchange agreement reached in 1979. If last-minute negotiations pay off, the two leaders will endorse a deal allowing U.S. companies to build nuclear power plants in China. The discussion has been snagged over a U.S. requirement that any country receiving American nuclear technology seek U.S. consent before reprocessing...
...Deng Xiaoping decided to take one of his grandsons to visit Mao Tse-tung...
Reagan will forget he has made a blood oath to wipe communism from the face of the earth, and both he and Chinese Premier Deng Xiaoping will carefully ignore Taiwan--the most sticky issue in Sino-American relations. Reagan, who for three years showed a decided preference for China's small capitalist would-be namesake, now gingerly talks of relations with the "people of Taiwan," but not Taiwan itself...
...Deng Xiaoping, China's No. 1 leader in fact if not in title, was so impressed that he promoted Zhao to the top government post of Premier in 1980. Since then Zhao has assumed increasing responsibility for foreign policy and emerged as the leading proponent of closer ties with Washington. At a Western-style news conference for U.S. and Canadian reporters last week in Peking's Great Hall of the People, Zhao, 64, dapper in a trim-cut suit and polka-dotted tie, fielded questions for more than an hour. He seized the occasion to set the tone...