Word: sichuan
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...once the great hope of Chinese political reformers, who lost his post after he publicly sided with the 1989 Tiananmen Square protesters; in Beijing. Zhao joined the Communist Party in 1938 and eventually rose to be its General Secretary, a leader fondly remembered by many Chinese. Peasants in Sichuan used to say, "Yao chi liang, Zhao Ziyang," a rhyming pun that means, roughly, "If you want to eat, look for Zhao." After trying to prevent the brutal Tiananmen crackdown, he was purged and placed under house arrest, where he remained for the rest of his life...
...news black-out may have had as much to do with Beijing's fear of social disorder snowballing into more widespread unrest as with ending ethnic tensions. Just in the past week, protests by thousands of disenfranchised farmers and others have unsettled the provinces of Anhui, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan and Zhejiang. Referring to the recent spate of unrest, national Public Security Minister Zhou Yongkang was quoted in the official media on Monday pleading for calm. After last week's ethnic strife, calm is precisely what China's leaders need...
...China's dominant fast-food joint, with more than 1,100 outlets and an estimated $1 billion in revenue. It plans 250 more outlets next year. Far from relying on Colonel Sanders' secret recipe, KFC has added a twist to 40% of its dishes, such as red-hot Sichuan chicken and Peking-duck-flavored poultry...
...bribes. Last year, according to the government, more than 250 officials were removed for buying their positions in the Manchurian province of Heilongjiang?the post of county Party chief went for $35,000. Just last month, prosecutors revealed an investigation of 200 education officials in the western province of Sichuan who were implicated in taking bribes from textbook publishers, with one accused of pocketing $75,000 and passing the cost to university students, according to the Sichuan government. The vice director of Beijing's transportation department, who was arrested on August 15, was quoted by state media as having explained...
...Looking back at Deng, I am reminded of Harry Truman. Both lived in the shadow of great charismatic leaders?for Deng it was Chairman Mao, for Truman, Franklin Roosevelt. Both were from the heartland of their respective countries?Deng from Sichuan, Truman from Missouri?and both reflected in speech and character the nature of their homes. They were both devoted to their wives and children, and both fought bravely in war. With the Marshall Plan, NATO, the Bretton Woods international financial institutions, and aid to Greece and Turkey, Truman saved Europe from the Soviet Union and sowed the seeds that...