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BEIJING: The most notable part of Madeleine Albright's brief, one-day visit to China was that it happened at all. The Secretary of State was the only Western leader permitted to visit Beijing during a six-day mourning period following the death of Deng Xiaoping, a development Albright said was "an extremely good sign" that China will move toward even greater cooperation with Albright's mission: to press China's leadership on human rights. According to a New York Times report, China is close to a deal that would include signing two key U.N. covenants on human rights...
...Deng had thought, Jiang does not," he said...
...When the Chinese people look back on their recent history, they will view [Deng Xiaoping as] their most modern leader," she said
...Chinese people need to feel they have a stake in the country before they can connect to the government, MacFarquhar said. This change will "only come through political reform." Hui K. Kuok '00, who attended the forum, said the praise of Deng's economic changes to China may have been over-emphasized...
Some panelists, such as MacFarquhar, viewed Deng as a "transitional figure." Goldman disagreed...