Word: tung
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...country. Foreign opportunists skirmish for treasure. And China's peasants, as always, work, sweat and starve. Malcolm Bosse's novel re-creates the epoch and peoples it with an indelible cast, including a rising warlord named Chiang Kai-shek and a budding revolutionary called Mao Tse-tung...
...years ago, Liu's activities would have landed her in jail for profiteering. But that was before Mao Tse-tung's death in 1976. Under the economic reforms introduced by Communist Party Vice Chairman Deng Xiaoping, most efforts to turn a quick profit are being encouraged...
...that convenes for about two weeks every year, unanimously approved a new constitution late last week. The lack of suspense belied the significance of the vote: the latest charter, the fourth since the Communist takeover in 1949, sweeps away many of the last vestiges of the late Mao Tse-tung and institutionalizes the reforms of Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping...
...constitution reorganizes the government and highlights differences between party and state. It restores the post of state chairman, scrapped by Mao Tse-tung in 1968, and sets up a central military commission to take control of the roughly 4 million-strong People's Liberation Army from the party. The charter also marks the eclipse of the people's communes, one of Mao's proudest legacies, by taking away the political duties of its leaders...
...Overseas Chinese are worried about the future after the expiration of the lease," explains Chao Yao-tung, Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs and a former businessman, "and we will try to get some of the capital outflow. Even 10% or 20% would be of great help." To that end, the Taiwan government plans to create a free-trade zone and banking center on the island. In an unregulated, Hong Kong-like environment free of import taxes, businessmen would be able to enter without visas, taxes would be low, and red tape minimal. In the eyes of Taiwan...