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...Communist party chief Zhao Ziyang, who had urged a moderate response to the demonstrations, is stripped of his power and placed under house arrest...
...from the masses," warned an extraordinarily candid commentary in the Communist theoretical magazine Qiushi (Seeking Truth) last month, "it will invite calamity or will even be forced to step down." In the absence of ambitious goals like the economic and political liberalization policies set by fallen party chief Zhao Ziyang, says a Western diplomat in Beijing, "politics becomes a question of how you achieve stability best." At the moment, two approaches are vying for approval...
...Communist Party itself is still being "rectified," though less dramatically than the police. Key sympathizers of deposed party leader Zhao Ziyang, who was sacked for supporting last year's protests, have been demoted or dismissed. Last week Premier Li Peng told reporters that Zhao, who has not been seen in public since last May, is a "free man" but is still under investigation for political crimes. Meanwhile, the party process of Maoist- style "self-criticism," or recantation, continues...
...Still, Zhao mentioned that Bush's action may be too late for some Chinese nationals residing in the U.S. who have left for Europe on business. They have been told by the U.S. consulates that they must return to Shanghai before they can apply for re-entry to the United States...
...Zhao said he saw the order as a possible solution for the problems nationals have had recently with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service...