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...Zhao acts in line with his past initiatives and recent statements, he is destined to accelerate the pace of China's plodding reform. In the 1970s Zhao designed policies that transformed huge, inefficient communes into privately-run plots. Three years ago he traveled to Africa, a sign of concern for China's role as an independent global power. If anyone has the right mindset about reform, it's Zhao...
Deng Xiaoping, the leader responsible for cleaning up the shambles of Mao's Cultural Revolution and introducing free market reforms into the slumbering giant, stepped down from all but one of his leadership posts. Zhao Ziyang, a 68-year-old reformer in Deng's mold--but lacking his expertise and broad support--was annointed the new leader...
...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...
What a difference a year makes. After months of intraparty squabbling, last week's session was less about consolidation than about compromise. To be sure, Zhao's keynote speech, long viewed as an index of whether Deng's program would move forward, was a ringing endorsement of modernization. But Zhao watered down that optimism by noting it would take longer than expected to make the reforms work. Moreover, Deng's dreams of transferring power to a loyal successor remained largely unrealized. Although the final makeup of the Politburo, its Standing Committee and the party Secretariat will not be known until...
...stroll through the streets of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, the power base of Acting Party Chief Zhao Ziyang, offers a glimpse of just how potent the economic force of self-interest can be. The energetic proprietress of the "Freindship" restaurant points to fresh fish writhing in a bucket, trying to persuade passersby that her culinary skills outshine her grasp of English spelling. A street stall displaying posters of the rock group Wham! advertises a dazzling red-and-blue "American garment." Private traders without permanent stands spread out blankets with photos of movie stars, horoscope cards and plastic hair brushes...