Word: diaoyutai
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ambulances and mazes of bicycles in Tiananmen Square to make what was supposed to be a 5:45 p.m. press conference by Mikhail Gorbachev. Then, just at showtime, came the news: the session was being moved five miles away to the state guesthouse where Gorbachev was staying in the Diaoyutai compound...
...take a one-day side trip to Xian, an archaeological wonder featuring the 2,000-year-old tomb of China's first Emperor. In addition to the sumptuous banquet at the Great Hall, the Reagans will be treated to a more intimate dinner with top Chinese leaders at the Diaoyutai guesthouse, a onetime imperial fishing resort more than 800 years old where the presidential couple will be staying. The Reagans will reside in a renovated villa, complete with indoor garden and an imposing replica of a Ming dynasty dragon bed with a pillared canopy. The Americans will give their...
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