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...Conrad Yun...
Added to that was the sudden re-emergence early in the week of a quartet of octogenarian revolutionaries, among them economist Chen Yun and former President Li Xiannian. This seemed to indicate that Deng was seeking support against Zhao from the very men he had once sidelined for resisting his economic reforms. Analysts in Beijing feared that Deng had cast his lot with this ideologically rigid Gang of Elders, as the group was dubbed. Such fears were buttressed by renewed government denunciations of "bourgeois liberalization," the phrase that presaged a conservative crackdown two years ago. Some Chinese found a good...
News Editor for this Issue: Noam S. Cohen '89 Night Editors: David J. Barron '89 Julie L. Belcove '89 Noam S. Cohen '89 Copy Editor: Yun-Li Lou '91 Editorial Editor: Laurie M. Grossman '89 Feature Editor: Ahn T. Nyuyen-Huynh '90 Photo Editor: Eugene L. Jhong '90 Sports Editors: Mark T. Brazaitis '89 Casey J. Lartigue...
...tailored Mao suit and vigorous beyond his 83 years, Deng beamed when the assembled 1,936 delegates gave him a standing ovation. Moments later, the other members of China's ruling gerontocracy limped into view. Leading them was Deng's fellow Politburo Standing Committee member, Conservative Chen Yun. Reportedly weakened by a stroke, Chen, 82, slowly toddled to his seat with the help of Zhao Ziyang, the Premier and acting party chief...
...issue will come to a head next month when the 13th Communist Party Congress meets to select the country's top leaders. In secret ballots last month, grass-roots party members reportedly rejected several prominent taizi pai as delegates. Among them: Chen Yuan, the son of Politburo Member Chen Yun and a member of the standing committee of the Peking Municipal Party, and Chen Haosu, Vice Minister of Radio, Film and Television and son of the late Marshal Chen Yi. Yet neither is finished in politics. Insiders expect Chen Yuan to be named Deputy Party Secretary in Peking, while Chen...