Word: regionally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...further effort to consolidate his position, Jiang last week took a well-publicized trip to impoverished villages in northwestern China, a region that has not benefited from Deng's economic reforms. He was filmed walking through fields and visiting the elderly in scenes reminiscent of Mao Zedong's propaganda, not Deng's. The message was that Jiang was not a mere successor to Deng but a leader in the mold of Mao, for whom many Chinese, especially those in the countryside, are increasingly nostalgic. Some experts say Jiang's willingness to distance himself from Deng and his policies implies that...
...party and became chairman of its Central Committee, the post he still holds. He was an early supporter of the 1993 coup against Yeltsin, although he eventually disavowed violence. Today he leads a party of more than 500,000 members and a political machine with branches in every region of Russia...
...United States. Beirut bureau chief Lara Marlowe reports: "The principal barrier is clearly the future of the Golan Heights. Israel has refused to give it up entirely, and Syrian President Hafez Assad hasn't changed his position one iota. He wants control over the entire Golan Heights region. That means no Israeli presence whatsoever. Assad is very shrewd, and he knows that his place in history is tied to the Golan. Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres has a reputation as more conciliatory than his predecessor Rabin, and he may give Assad what he wants. But unless Syria gets total control...
...publicity seemed limitless. At night, following 12-hour negotiating sessions, he could often be found roaming the corridors of his hotel in bare feet, hoping to buttonhole an aide into conversation or a reporter into doing yet another story on him. After Croatia's army overran the Serb-held region of Krajina in early August, he shuttled feverishly from one Balkan capital to another. He was pulled up short on Aug. 19 when three aides, including Robert Frasure, who prepared the way for Holbrooke's diplomacy, were killed in a road accident near Sarajevo, but that tragedy only made Holbrooke...
...PROUD OF AMERICA'S INTERVENtion in Bosnia [DIPLOMACY, Dec. 4]. Sure it's going to be difficult and dangerous, but just because it's hard doesn't mean it shouldn't or can't be done. There have been problems in the region for decades, and only with American help is there any possibility of peace. The U.S. is a nation of the highest individual and corporate privilege, and we have the most responsibility. We stand for peace, and we will not allow slaughter to go unchecked. JULIA MIKELL Savannah, Georgia Via E-mail