Word: metting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plane flight home from Boston two weeks ago, I met a visiting student from China who had just finished several months of study at a Harvard graduate school. He was on his way home as well...
...Cole says that when she met with some faculty about the new HOLLIS system, they "weren't concerned with subject searches, they wanted to know, would I please tell them if an 'x' Widener class would be moved...
...city's outskirts or headed for Beijing. The army, however, maintained an uneasy standoff with a reduced cadre of student protesters. The real drama took place in a walled enclave in the western hills outside Beijing, where members of the innermost circle of China's Communist Party met to resolve a bitter power struggle that had the capital aswirl with unfounded rumors and unanswered questions...
Although George Bush's personal ties with China date back to his years as head of the U.S. liaison office in Beijing (1974-75), the President seemed as unsure of the situation as anyone. Bush met with an old tennis-playing crony from his Beijing days, Wan Li, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. Afterward, Bush issued a cautious statement that appeared both to back the students, by saying that the U.S. encouraged the worldwide growth of democracy, and to encourage the government, by vowing that he was committed "to expanding normal and constructive relations...
Other factors contributed to the calm. When troops first appeared in Beijing's suburbs, they were met by crowds of citizens who peacefully blocked their path -- a Chinese version of "flower power." According to some Western analysts, the army leaders were made hesitant by the ambiguity of their situation. For example, the capital's hard-line mayor and party secretary passed on the martial-law order to the Beijing military command but without instructions as to when and how force was to be used...