Word: premieres
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...changes that would mark the passing of the old revolutionary guard from government office, though not from party power. It was expected to be the most sweeping peaceful reshuffle in China since Mao Tse-tung took over in 1949, and it involved an unprecedented number of top officials: the Premier himself, five Vice Premiers and a number of ministerial appointees...
...Premier Hua Guofeng grandly declared that the congress this time "will not be routine but will have great significance." It was ironic that Hua was the one to make that statement. Among the more sensational advance reports on the congress's actions was that Hua, who is also Chairman of the Communist Party, would formally be relieved of his government duties as Premier and replaced by former Governor of Sichuan province Zhao Ziyang, 62. That was likely to be the most dramatic step taken to accomplish the ambitious goal of transferring government power from one group to another. Along...
...Western diplomat on the eve of the congress. "He wants to unveil his team for the future, and he wants everybody there to see it happen." For Deng, indeed, the National People's Congress promised to be a climactic moment. Since late last year, the canny Vice Premier, who has survived numerous upheavals in and out of power for the past 30 years, has been bringing to the central government a team of tested provincial leaders, most of them in their early 60s. Deng's aim is to see power firmly placed in the hands of trusted associates...
Even before the congress opened last week, the new officials had quietly taken up the day-to-day operations of their posts. All are close associates of Deng's. The best known is Premier-designate Zhao, who enjoys a national reputation for his innovations with free markets, bonuses and a relatively liberal system of local autonomy in Sichuan, China's most populous province. Wan Li, 64, former head of Anhui province-and, as it happens, a reputed bridge partner of Deng's-will become head of the state agricultural commission...
...unionism is widespread, it is passive by U.S. standards. Job classifications are loosely defined, and workers will do any task, even sweeping the floor, without prodding, loss of face or initiating a grievance procedure with the union. The goal of labor-management relations was enunciated by Japan's premier industrialist, Konosuke Matsushita, founder of the company that makes Panasonic electrical products: "Harmony over opposition." The last strike, at Toyota in 1955, involved a fight over reducing the work force. The dispute was concluded when the entire board of directors resigned in apology. Wages increased 212% from...