Word: press
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Your name has often been linked in the press to the bombing of the American Marines in Beirut. Were you involved in that...
...Beirut until after it happened. But I did talk about it, since it represented an aspect of the opposition to American policy in the region. There is a difference between approving of some of the political effects and actually participating. I told journalists after the bombing that the press had relied on information coming from the ((Christian)) Phalangists. I challenged them to produce any proof linking...
...Chinese Communist Party took no chances last week when it staged its first press conference since last June's Tiananmen massacre. The 300 accredited Chinese and foreign journalists underwent a tight security check at the entrance to the Great Hall of the People. Inside the meeting room, those selected to ask questions were planted within easy view of the men on the dais. As the six members of the Politburo Standing Committee filed in, wearing Western business suits and fixed smiles, one stood out as the first among equals. "Good morning," Jiang Zemin said in English, waving gamely...
...since then a series of leaks to the foreign press of internal party circulars has provided documentation of Deng's efforts to convince conservative claimants to his throne that the reform-minded Jiang should follow in the footsteps of Mao Zedong and Deng and serve as "the core" of the party's "third-generation" leadership. By playing such a prominent role in last week's anniversary observances, Jiang has achieved front-runner status in the race to succeed Deng. Put another way, Jiang has won his New Hampshire primary -- but the race is far from over...
...Jiang's press performance did more than heighten his visibility. It also dampened speculation that he might serve as Deng's front man for correcting the current conservative tilt within the party's divided leadership and salvaging Deng's embattled program of economic reform and bridge building to the outside world. Although Jiang played no known role in the decision to order the People's Liberation Army into Beijing, he went even further last week than reactionary Premier Li Peng did when he was asked whether the "Tiananmen tragedy" could have been avoided...