Word: factionalism
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...chance to push Deng to define the student movement, whose words were then used as the blueprint for the April 26 editorial. It seems clear that these actions were all politically motivated, and the student movement was used by Li as a way to attack the reform faction in the CCP led by Zhao Ziyang. Once the protests were over, Zhao's faction was stripped of power. It does not seem difficult to understand, then, why Li Peng steadily refused to compromise on the April 26 editorial issue...
...notoriety?to a Shan Chinese druglord called Lin Mingxian. Lin had been a field commander in the Communist Party of Burma, or CPB, a formidable insurgent group that once occupied a large swath of northeastern Shan state. When the CPB collapsed in 1989, Lin led a breakaway faction of over 3,500 soldiers, taking control of an opium-rich wilderness bordering China, Laos and Thailand...
...safe is a relative term in Somalia. Visitors must travel in convoys with half a dozen Kalashnikov-toting young men riding shotgun. Power has shifted from the warlords to business leaders, who support and bankroll the new government, and to the Islamic courts. Most Somalis despise the warlords, or faction leaders, as they like to be called, and the militias the warlords feed and arm are increasingly loyal to whoever can pay them, not necessarily their fellow clansmen. Still, the warlords remain strong enough to be spoilers. In a rare display of unity but characteristic defiance of authority, a group...
...shell exploded near a school bus in the Gaza Strip on Monday. It was the most serious attack against Israeli settlers during the current violence, and although three different groups claimed responsibility, the blast follows a pattern of similar attacks in the area by the Islamic Jihad, an Islamist faction opposed to the peace process. But despite denials on the Palestinian side, Israel blamed the attack on the "Tanzim" militia of Yasser Arafat?s Fatah organization, and began blasting Fatah targets from helicopter gunships Monday night...
...party to any agreement between Arafat and the Zionists. Arafat is committed to the strategy of negotiations. He endorsed [the Palestinian faction] Fatah's participating in the intifadeh for one single reason--he wanted to escape American pressure. From the moment Arafat signed the Oslo accords, he abandoned Fatah's revolutionary nature. Most Fatah leaders are interested these days in achieving financial gains and not in liberating Palestine. Fatah is becoming a fat cat, and fat cats don't play aggressively. They are only in favor of filling their stomachs with food...