Word: tiananmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...discussed Mao's inadequacies, he suggested that the old man had been 70% right and 30% wrong. Huang's assessment though lacking in specifics, follows that ratio, and Western diplomats in Peking last week interpreted the speech as a trial balloon. If those masses who visit the Tiananmen tomb do not accept the critique, the leadership will probably go a step further and reveal specific errors. If they do, the way should be clear for a sixth party plenum next summer at which Mao's place in history will be more clearly defined, and out-of-favor...
...claimed that Chou even sanctioned the attack on former Head of State Liu Shaoqi, which is held now to be one of the Gang of Four's gravest crimes. Then she defiantly challenged the court to execute her publicly at a mass rally in Peking's vast Tiananmen Square...
...office in Shanghai was closed in September 1949, four months after the city was taken over by the forces of Mao Tse-tung. The newest of our 31 bureaus is located in Peking's Qianmen Hotel, ten minutes by car from the Chinese capital's broad Tiananmen Square. Last August TIME became the first U.S. newsmagazine to be circulated in China. Our reporting on that country will be much enriched by the presence there of our new bureau chief, Richard Bernstein...