Word: hua
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This drastic reshuffling of top government jobs appears to be a clear-cut victory for the forces of modernization and pragmatism, led by Deng, over the proponents of conservative party orthodoxy, captained by Hua. The changes also reflect a desire on the part of Deng and his colleagues for a system of more truly collective leadership, free of the totalitarian one-man rule installed by Mao. The Congress, in fact, will consider how to improve the new local and regional election process. In China's one-party system the process is hardly democratic, but it could open...
...claims over the five years. In one particularly bad year, county reports inflated actual yield by 60%. The exposé was an unmistakable criticism of one of the late Chairman Mao Tse-tung's most sacred projects. It was also a dig at Mao's successor, Hua Guofeng, who for years was one of the ardent promoters of Dazhai...
...disappearance of the portraits was emblematic of the glancing attacks against Mao's heirs that have been stepped up in recent weeks. Most striking was the announcement that Mao's chosen successor, Hua Guofeng, 60, will resign as Premier when the People's Congress meets later this month. Though Hua will reportedly retain the post of Chairman that was held by Mao, the party leaders are expected to act on proposals to reduce greatly the power of that office. Hua's successor, Zhao Ziyang, 61, is the hand-picked candidate of the Senior Vice Premier, Deng...
...sensitive issue of U.S. arms sales to China, Carter told Hua, "We want to move cautiously." Hua was careful in turn. Summed up a Carter aide: "The Chinese don't want to spend big bucks now anyhow...
Though U.S.-Chinese friendship is based more on a shared fear of Soviet adventurism than on a common world view, Carter found more apparent support from Hua than he has received lately from some of America's allies in Europe. Indeed, when the President told Hua that he had met with "mixed success" in selling his policy views in Europe, the Chinese Premier chuckled sympathetically at the understatement...