Word: tianjin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...demonstrations had been growing in intensity through the week, spreading quickly from Beijing to at least six other cities, including Nanjing, Shanghai and Tianjin. Always the rallying cry was for political reform. "The Chinese government proclaims that democracy is here, but China still has dictatorship," said a demonstrator dressed in jeans and running shoes...
...governor of Guangdong province and son of the late Marshal Ye Jianying. Their defenders argue that such leaders should not be barred from advancement merely because they happen to be well connected. "An unqualified person should not be appointed simply because his father is a high official," says Tianjin Mayor Li Ruihuan. "Nor should one be denied promotion simply because his father is a high official...
...Peking when his editors at the Agence France-Presse news agency informed him he was in trouble. Chinese officials had charged MacDonald, 32, a Peking-based correspondent and U.S. citizen, with "activities incompatible with his status as a journalist." More specifically, MacDonald was charged with obtaining intelligence from a Tianjin University student. Although his accusers were unable to further specify his alleged crimes, he was expelled from the country...
...more precisely, an American-style laundry-dry cleaning shop--will soon open in the People's Republic. Fred P.C. Chao, 66, a Chinese-born owner of Korakleen, a small San Francisco-based cleaning chain, says that his company will establish a combination Laundromat and dry cleaner this September in Tianjin, China. A coastal city located about 80 miles east of Peking, Tianjin was Chao's hometown. If his first store proves successful, ^ he hopes to open between ten and 100 more throughout the world's most populous country. Easy on the starch, please...
...country's most challenging posts. Like Wang Zhaoguo, Hu Jintao was discovered by Deng on an inspection tour in the provinces. One of the youngest of the heirs apparent is Zhang Wei, 33, a Communist Youth League follower of Hu Qili, who has been active in Tianjin City's economic reforms...