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...pair of diminutive figures seated on the dais. Dressed in identical white sports shirts, they smiled happily and acknowledged the waves of applause. One was Senior Vice Chairman Deng Xiaoping, the country's de facto ruler and the obvious director of the extravaganza. The other was Hu Yaobang, 66, the newly proclaimed Chairman, whose elevation Deng had long labored to achieve...
...years he has marched in lock-step with his more celebrated mentor, engaged in the same skirmishes, succumbed to the same defeats. Last week he shared in the same triumph. China's new Chairman, Hu Yaobang (pronounced Who Yow-bong), is the obliging alter ego for Deng Xiaoping, the country's real strongman. A shade shorter and ten years younger than the 5-ft. 2-in., 76-year-old Deng, Hu has the same resilience, explosive energy and quick intelligence. At the same time, Hu is a demanding administrator who can be relied on to carry...
...reception, televised to the Chinese people, was held by the Communist Party's Central Committee and marked by a conspicuous absence: nowhere to be seen, after 36 days out of the public eye, was Party Chairman Hua Guofeng. Instead, the gathering's host was Secretary-General Hu Yaobang, 65, who has been rumored to be the man who would displace the missing Hua. Hu is a close ally of China's most powerful figure, Vice Chairman Deng Xiaoping...
Next day Chinese newspapers gave prominent play to Hu Yaobang's apparent new role as the man actually in charge of party affairs. The official Communist organ, the People's Daily, spoke of "democratic reforms" and the abolition of lifetime tenure in high office-which Hua had once been presumed to enjoy...
...against Hua also seemed to presage a stepped-up purge of other party officials considered by Deng's forces to be disloyal or inept. Last week every major newspaper in China frontpaged a toughly worded statement by Vice Chairman Chen Yun that was cited by Secretary-General Hu Yaobang. It warned that changing the bad "work style" of some leaders was a "matter of life and death for our party...