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...four-hour report to delegates, Chairman Hu declared that China's top priority for the remainder of the century was economic modernization. Brimming with confidence, he called for the quadrupling of China's gross national product to $1.4 trillion by the year 2000. (The U.S.'s current G.N.P.: $2.9 trillion.) Although China's economic system will remain socialist, Hu urged greater reliance on foreign technology and market mechanisms. One capitalistic idea known as the "responsibility system" already allows peasants to increase their pay by doing extra work, and allows farmers to keep or sell production...
...lissome 5-ft. 8-in. ace, the Chinese tennis team scored an upset victory over the Japanese in the first round of the 32-nation Federation Cup in Santa Clara, Calif. In the second round, however, as expected, West Germany beat China. The team disappeared from the competition. And Hu Na, 19, disappeared from the team. She was, in fact, defecting to the U.S. For American immigration officials. Hu's decision put the ball in their court with a tricky bit of backspin, since approval of her request will imply a certain level of political persecution back home...
...Democratic leaders, the President decided to shelve any major reforms of the all-but-bankrupt Social Security system as part of his second round of budget cuts. He had hoped to confront the issue head-on during his televised speech. Instead, he merely recommended again changes that Health and Hu man Services Secretary Richard Schweiker and OMB Director David Stockman had formulated and that the Senate had rejected last May, and proposed a few palliatives to shore up the system for the time being. Reagan also asked that any major changes in Social Security be studied by a 15-member...
Following Mao's death in 1976, Hu once again was brought back to power by Deng. Since 1980, he has managed the party's everyday affairs as Secretary-General of the Central Committee. Lately, the press of work has reportedly forced Hu and Deng to give up playing bridge, their favorite game...
Little is known about Hu's family, even in China. He is believed to be married and to have three grownup children, all of whom are said to live the same kind of spartan life that he has led for years. -By Patricia Blake. Reported by Edwin M. Reingold/Peking and Bing W. Wong/Hong Kong