Word: wu
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...move was trumpeted in a nationally televised address and was well received by foreign governments. But when China finally lifted martial law, which was imposed on parts of its capital eight months ago to crush the pro- democracy movement, the response in Beijing was "Wu suo wei" -- it makes no difference. Despite official repeal of the decree, the government appeared to have ended the crackdown in name only: soldiers who had switched into the uniforms of civilian police were cropping up all over town, and there was no sign that their orders to suppress any hint of new unrest...
...Broomfield, the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, summed up the reaction when he called Beijing's announcement "more blue smoke and mirrors ((that)) would not fool anybody in Congress into believing that the Chinese leadership was moderating its oppressive rule." He might as well have said, "Wu...