Word: hu
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...HU-Chodorow 5 (Philpott...
...Shanghai reformer who has been in charge of international trade and education. He is a friend of Jiang's and has a reputation as a liberal. But, says a Chinese banker, "unlike some orthodox leaders, he doesn't carry any political baggage." And coming up on the outside is Hu Jintao, 55, the golden boy of the Politburo's inner circle. Also an engineer, Hu is in charge of the party's key organizational department and the promotion of younger members...
...discotheques. But Deng persisted, likening the effect to mere "flies that come through an open window." By the late '80s, however, economic liberalization had spilled uncontrollably into political yearnings; soon labor unrest and student demonstrations for greater freedom panicked Deng. He sacked his popular heir apparent, party chief Hu Yaobang, for pushing political reforms. By this time the only title Deng held was honorary chairman of the Chinese Bridge Association (he had refused all high posts since his 1977 comeback, and in 1989 gave up the critical job as head of the Central Military Commission). Still, Premier Zhao Ziyang admitted...
Prosperity, however, dictated its own momentum. The sudden wealth of the country had engendered a pandemic of official corruption, widened income disparities and brought on severe bouts of inflation. In April 1989, students turned public mourning for Hu Yaobang, who had died of cancer, into the protracted Tiananmen protests. One night in June, Deng called in the army...
...HU-Allmanl 6 (Halfnight...