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...Times suggested that Jiang may give up his army position at a key Communist Party plenum this week. There is no consensus in Beijing on whether such an outcome is likely. But with rumors swirling, cancellation of the Olympic stadiums gained added significance. Older Chinese remember that in 1979, Deng Xiaoping signaled his rise to power by canceling 10 massive industrial projects championed by his rival, Hua Guofeng. In all likelihood, says a well-placed Beijing academic, the scaling back of the Olympic plans relates to a "struggle" between Hu and Jiang...
...Thus a set of photos, published last month during celebrations for the 100th birthday of late Communist Party patriarch Deng Xiaoping, raises questions about the relationship between the two men. The original image, published in the state-run Oriental Outlook magazine in the last week of August, shows Hu shaking hands with Deng in 1992 while Jiang stands behind them, as if giving introductions. But in the other two photos, which appeared in Shanghai's Wen Hui Bao newspaper on Aug. 13 and in a set of pictures celebrating Deng's centenary, Jiang has vanished. At least...
...bond between Bush and Deng bore fruit. When Bush left Beijing, Deng gave him an invitation from Mao to return to China at any time, go anywhere he wanted and bring whomever he wished. Deng then congratulated Bush on being promoted to head the CIA (where I worked at the time). In September 1977, Bush took Deng up on Mao's offer and went to China for 16 days. In the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, he and Deng discussed the best way to use American technology to develop China's offshore oil reserves, and Bush made...
...Looking back at Deng, I am reminded of Harry Truman. Both lived in the shadow of great charismatic leaders?for Deng it was Chairman Mao, for Truman, Franklin Roosevelt. Both were from the heartland of their respective countries?Deng from Sichuan, Truman from Missouri?and both reflected in speech and character the nature of their homes. They were both devoted to their wives and children, and both fought bravely in war. With the Marshall Plan, NATO, the Bretton Woods international financial institutions, and aid to Greece and Turkey, Truman saved Europe from the Soviet Union and sowed the seeds that...
...Deng's relationships, with Chinese and foreigners, were never tranquil. He could be sarcastic, acerbic and confrontational, but despite all that, he managed to come across as a wise visionary. He could be merciless in cracking down on what he perceived to be threats to the stability of China, and he accepted the communist orthodoxy in the unchallenged role of the Communist Party. Though leaders purged him from the party, he was determined to return to it and remake it in his vision. On balance, what Deng did helped China just as what Bush did in his term as President...