Word: tao
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fairbank agreed with Vogel and Perkins that the Chinese have not greatly changed their policy but said Tao's announcement represents a "carrying out of a consistent policy." He added that it was sensible to combine planning and marketing
There is little question about the verdict. Both Party Chairman Hua Guofeng and former Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping have publicly declared the group of four to be guilty. In the past, Hua has given assurance that the four would not be executed. But last week official Chinese Spokesman Zeng Tao claimed that reports of Hua's remarks "were not entirely accurate" and did not rule out the death penalty...
Though chattels, women in polygamous Asia were better off than their sisters in the monogamous West because of the nature of the Tao and Tan-trie religions, which saw sex as an expression of a larger cosmic harmony. When a Chinese husband had intercourse with at least ten of his numerous wives and concubines in a night, it was less to prove his manhood than to receive an abundance of their precious yin essence...