Word: xian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...them in your blue book, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of seeing St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or a phrase or reading about the "Xian myth...
...turmoil spread from Beijing to Shanghai to Guang-zhou to Xian to Chengdu, the shock waves reverberated throughout the Communist world. Publicly the Poles congratulated themselves on the contrast between their political accomplishments and the calamity unfolding in China. But privately many said they feared what they might yet have in common with the Chinese -- a system that has still to prove it can tolerate genuine democracy...
...Tens of thousands of people in the ancient capital of Xian blocked roads and held anti-government demonstrations. Xian radio said the unrest had "seriously wrecked the city's life...
...Ziyang, the other key players in the power struggle, remained out of sight even longer. During this period of uncertainty, solid information was the scarcest of commodities in China, and wild rumors abounded. There were even reports that Deng was fleeing into retirement in the U.S. Protesters in Shanghai, Xian and Lanzhou staged memorial services for Beijing hunger strikers, although none had died. "People are learning about major government changes and about the biggest student movement in China's history from Popsicle sellers and newspaper dealers," said Zhang Weiguo, a reporter on Shanghai's World Economic Herald. "This...
...them in your blue book, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of seeing St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or a phrase or reading about the "Xian myth...