Word: hui
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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CHINA'S COMMUNIST LEADERS ARE having a bad dream. In it they see Lee Teng-hui, Taiwan's assertive chief executive, being re-elected next month in the first direct presidential balloting in the history of China. They see Lee, flashing his broad grin, standing in the well of the U.S. House of Representatives, addressing a joint meeting of Congress. And they see him moving on to other world capitals to take a bow as the head of a distinct, democratic and economically powerful state on Chinese soil...
...view it is tantamount to giving official recognition to Taiwan, which Beijing considers a mere renegade province. Indeed, China protested Washington's move, but analysts here note that Beijing's reaction was in fact quite mild compared to its vehement outrage over the visit of Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui to his American alma mater last June. Beijing's reprisal then included the expulsion last August of two American air force officers who had been monitoring Chinese military operations in southern Fujian province...
...overnight in Los Angeles as he travels to and from a Jan. 14 presidential inauguration in Guatemala. China, which claims Taiwan as a province, had declared that it "resolutely opposed" such a move. Last June Beijing withdrew its ambassador from Washington after the U.S. let Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui attend a Cornell University reunion...
...stability, which in China is a euphemism for rigid political control. Last month his government pushed ahead with its own selection of a new Panchen Lama for Tibet, the second highest religious leader in that oppressed province. Relations with Taiwan froze last summer after Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui visited the U.S.; China responded by conducting provocative military exercises near Taiwan. China last month again threatened to use force should Taiwan opt for independence. Last week Beijing announced the names of the 150 people who will make up the Preparatory Committee, a panel that will shepherd Hong Kong's transition...
Earlier this year, China was outraged when the U.S. granted a visa to Lee Teng-hui, the President of Taiwan, to attend his reunion at Cornell University. China feared that this might be the first step toward recognizing Taiwan, but equally important, Christopher had given his word to the Chinese Foreign Minister just a short time earlier that the visa would not be granted (Clinton changed course because of congressional pressure). Months of difficulties with China followed this incident. Russians also are feeling let down by America. They had an unrealistic notion of riding to prosperity with the West...