Word: tian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...government recently pledged to stop importing luxury cars and halt the annual migration of Beijing officials to the beachside resort of Beidaihe to escape the sweltering summer. On the way to his favorite barber, Vice Premier Tian Jiyun was seen being driven in a Toyota sedan instead of his beloved Mercedes-Benz. Unfortunately for the capital's elite, such modest belt tightening is not likely to impress the student protesters...
...Tian Wei: Untitled Work--Mills Gallery through June...
...winter retreat in Shanghai following two days of talks in Beijing. The Soviets were far more eager to put a gloss on the new relationship than are the Chinese. Before his departure, Shevardnadze recounted how Deng had spoken of a "chapter on the future." But Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Tian Zengpei chose to emphasize "differences" between the two sides over the Kampuchea issue and even said the mid-May summit date was still under "study...
...were not the only subjects ofportraits, however. Ilya Repin, the dominant forcein Russian art in the last quarter of thenineteenth century and perhaps the most gifted ofthe Itinerants, is represented in the exhibitionby his portraits of the composer A. G. Rubinstein,of his daughter Vera Repina, of Council memberSemenov-Tian-Shanskii, and of his close friend LeoTolstoy...
...Peking, the Tian Qiao Merchandise Co., which produces cosmetics and clothes, went so far as to issue what appeared to be real stock, complete with voting rights and variable dividends. So great was the demand for a piece of the action that the firm had to turn away thousands of individuals who responded to an advertisement posted at the store's entrance. The stock offering had official approval: it was orchestrated by the State Commission for Restructuring the Economic System, which is headed by Premier Zhao Ziyang...