Word: zedong
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...overstatement to suggest that without Deng, China will tumble into disorder. But his departure will usher in the greatest period of uncertainty since the death of Mao Zedong in 1976. So pervasive is his influence that rumors of his illnesses regularly launch East Asian stock markets into stomach-churning plunges. For years the reclusive leader has proved those reports premature, quelling the buzz by appearing in public, hale and hearty as ever...
...Revolution Books on Mass. Ave., titles by Marx, Lenin, and Mao Zedong conspire alongside homemade-looking Communist leaflets and copies of the "Revolutionary Worker," a radical periodical...
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...become maximum leader. From the time Kim Il Sung sent his tanks rolling across the Demilitarized Zone in 1950, precipitating the cold war's first hot conflict and bloodshed on a grand scale, Beijing has been wedded to the fortunes of North Korea's founder, a man Mao Zedong embraced as a strong ally. Over the years the friendship sweetened and soured, but the alliance remained fast. Evidence that Deng Xiaoping's China was withholding approval of the designated heir was a potent signal. Of the dynastic passing of power, a Chinese academic remarked, "China cannot criticize...
China has come a long way since Mao Zedong tried to rekindle its revolutionary fervor with his proclaimed Cultural Revolution of 1966. The subsequent and more moderate leadership of Deng Xiaoping has made a cautious and gradual attempt at economic liberalization. As China undertakes this difficult transition from Communism to capitalism, the U.S. must take care not disrupt China's progress while trying to hasten...