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TIME Washington correspondent Dean Fischer observes that Tung has yet to be tested on the toughest takeover issues, such as anticipated press scrutiny of Premier Li Peng or China's crucial 15th Communist Party Congress. "He hasn't had to confront a real choice on an issue that would help Beijing and hurt the people of Hong Kong," says Fischer...
...DIED. PENG ZHEN, 95, oldest of China's "Eight Immortals" whose longevity was equaled only by his authoritarian influence; in Beijing. Purged from his position as Beijing's mayor during the Cultural Revolution, he returned in 1978 as head of parliament under Deng Xiaoping. Peng later supported hard-line policies like cracking down on protesters in Tiananmen Square...
BEIJING: Vice President Al Gore began a four-day visit to China with soft words and poetry straight from Foggy Bottom, as he prepared to meet President Jiang Zemin and Premier Li Peng in hopes of building a productive rapport with Deng?s successors. "The landscape of U.S.-China relations is filled with many rivers,? Gore intoned, ?some flowing together, others flowing apart. Such variety befits the interaction of two great nations and civilizations." Translation: the Administration believes it can make more progress with the Chinese on tough political issues such as human rights in private one-on-one meetings...
...year-old paramount leader and the architect of China's economic reforms may be dying -- or may already be dead. While there have been no reliable reports on Deng?s health status, U.S. officials paid the rumors more credence as President Jiang Zemin and Prime Minister Li Peng unexpectedly cut short countryside visits this weekend to return to Beijing. The Chinese government insisted on Tuesday that Deng's health was fairly good for a man of his years. "There has been no major change in Comrade Deng Xiaoping's health," assured one government spokesman. TIME's Douglas Waller notes that...
...year-old paramount leader and the architect of China's economic reforms may be dying -- or may already be dead. While there have been no reliable reports on Deng?s health status, U.S. officials paid the rumors more credence as President Jiang Zemin and Prime Minister Li Peng unexpectedly cut short countryside visits this weekend to return to Beijing. The Chinese government insisted on Tuesday that Deng's health was fairly good for a man of his years. "There has been no major change in Comrade Deng Xiaoping's health," assured one government spokesman. TIME's Douglas Waller notes that...