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...president and vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, who were removed from office. They had been responsible for the administration of the rebellious university in Hefei. In addition, Liu Binyan, a prominent journalist, was expelled from the party for attacking Marxism as an "outdated ideology." It was unclear how many more heads might roll, but little doubt remained that China's latest experiment in political relaxation had come to a halt...
...much use those lines would see was unclear. Saturnino Ocampo, the top negotiator for the Communist insurgents, insisted that the guerrillas would observe the truce until Feb. 7, but did not appear optimistic about a resumption of discussions. Francisco Pascual, another rebel official, suggested that last week's killings might "affect the peace talks because we support the marchers' right to organize and air their grievances." Evidence also surfaced that the Communists had been prepared all along to pull out of the negotiations. In several towns guerrillas who had come out of the jungle during the cease-fire disappeared, apparently...
...Duarte is confronted by another challenge, this time from right-wing parties that are loudly demanding his ouster. Their primary beef: a new government war tax aimed at the rich and big business. Whether or not they can inflict damage on Duarte is unclear, but the campaign could backfire. Since the new tax is intended to aid the military in its six-year-old struggle against leftist rebels, right-wingers may soon find themselves pitted against the army, a former ally they can hardly afford to antagonize...
Precisely how large a threat the continuing demonstrations pose to Deng's government remained exasperatingly unclear. The senior vice chairman of the State Education Commission, He Dongchang, estimated the number of student protesters who have joined the current campaign at 40,000, or only about 2% of China's 2 million college students. Indeed there is little evidence that the student demonstrations have found much sympathy with Chinese workers, as some officials had feared. Last week the Workers' Daily scathingly compared today's student protests to the rampages of the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution...
...unclear if Sakharov will be permitted to venture outside the Soviet Union. Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi said last week that during a meeting in May 1985, Gorbachev insisted that Sakharov would never leave the country "because he had scientific knowledge that could not be allowed outside." Sakharov's thoughts on travel seem to be evolving. Upon arriving in Moscow, he said, "I don't suppose that would be permitted for me, and I don't make any appeals." By week's end Sakharov had staked out a bolder position. "My fondest desire is to be able to travel abroad...