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...Summit; 222 pages...
...eclipsed by the rebellion was the Sino-Soviet summit, an event whose significance dropped to that of a sizable footnote. What was intended as an elaborate celebration of China's assured and independent standing and the Soviet Union's new civility in the international arena became incidental entertainment beside the pro-democracy demonstrations. Early on, Mikhail Gorbachev quipped about his comeuppance. At a meeting with President Yang, the Soviet President remarked, "Well, I came to Beijing and you have a revolution...
...despite the reassurances, the political summit may prove to be anything but "no problem." What really deserved welcome was less the talks inside the Great Hall of the People than the protests outside, in Tiananmen Square. Crackdown or not, the protests were the "healthy development...
What really distinguished the Soviet move was its adroit timing. It came just a day before George Bush was to deliver his first major speech on U.S.-Soviet relations and 18 days before a NATO summit meeting at which the alliance will be hard pressed to heal the U.S.-West German split over SNF negotiations. Moscow moved swiftly, and with apparent success, to keep the rift open. Shevardnadze used a scheduled trip to Bonn Friday afternoon for meetings with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher to tout the Soviet proposal. He added a touch of salt...
Reports have said Deng planned to relinquish his active role in setting policy after the Chinese-Soviet summit. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev left China yesterday...