Word: stauncher
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prosperity. His policies, aimed at transforming a centrally planned economy into one that is more market-oriented, have not been greeted with approval by hard-liners among party and army officials, who suspect their positions are eroding. Deng is moving, cautiously but firmly, to weed out some of his stauncher critics: only two weeks ago, 40 senior military officers were forced into retirement. "I am afraid that some of our old comrades have this fear: after a generation of socialism and Communism, it is unacceptable to spout some capitalism," said Deng in a speech published in the Chinese press...