Word: loyalities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...China's supreme ruler for the past decade, made his first appearance on television in nearly a month. At his side were Li and a host of top leaders and party elders, as well as representatives of all key factions in the military, including those who had been considered loyal to party moderates. Present too were President Yang Shangkun, 82, a former army general and the reputed mastermind of the Tiananmen attack, and Qiao Shi, 64, the state security chief who may become General Secretary of the Communist Party. Conspicuously missing was the incumbent in that post, the moderate Zhao...
...troops brought to the capital from all over China during the past few weeks are said to be loyal not to some central command but to various factions in the leadership. Thus while numerous units remained behind barricades, others, like the 27th Army, wreaked destruction in the city. Reports of heavy fire inside the Forbidden City, where police and P.L.A. units are routinely billeted, led to speculation that the rival units were shooting it out with one another. Furthermore, said a Western academic in Beijing, "there was very clearly a battle between two different army units on the road...
Yesterday, the 27th Army traded gunfire with the 28th Army, believed loyal to Zhao Ziyang, a moderate who challenged the conservatives and was stripped of his post as Communist Party leader. No casualties were reported...
...Tuesday afternoon, witnesses said the 27th Army fought with soldiers from Shanxi province's 28th Army, believed loyal to Zhao. There were no reports of casualties...
...magazine, a slick journal that comes out ten times a year and boasts a circulation of 540,000. The publication offers insider advice on such topics as trolling, plastic worms and fish hideouts. Bassmaster's most famous subscriber is George Bush, who calls it his favorite magazine. With a loyal readership and scant competition, Bassmaster charges advertisers $20,000 a page, and posted ad sales of $12 million last year. The company as a whole had revenues of $30 million in 1988, double the level of five years earlier...