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...President is scheduled to hold seven hours of talks with Deng, Premier Zhao Ziyang and General Secretary Hu Yaobang. Reagan and Zhao will sign at least two documents, both relatively minor: a treaty that would eliminate double taxation on U.S. companies in China, and a two-year extension of a cultural exchange agreement reached in 1979. If last-minute negotiations pay off, the two leaders will endorse a deal allowing U.S. companies to build nuclear power plants in China. The discussion has been snagged over a U.S. requirement that any country receiving American nuclear technology seek U.S. consent before reprocessing...
...twice turned down the title of Premier), Deng has done everything possible to clear the way for his protégés. Eighteen months after he pledged his support to Mao's hand picked successor as Chairman, Hua Guofeng, Deng replaced him with General Secretary Hu Yaobang and installed Zhao Ziyang as Premier. Now most experts agree that although the "open door" will continue to swing on its hinges, it has been open so wide for so long that even if the leftists could close it again, they would only lock in Deng's changes. Says a Western diplomat in Peking...
...Chinese were allowed to go overseas; today there are 10,000 students in the U.S. alone. Fifteen years ago, China kept only one ambassador abroad (in Cairo); today, with representation in 128 countries, China has become one of the world's most diplomatically active nations. Proclaimed Premier Zhao Ziyang during his triumphant tour of the U.S. in January: "China has opened its door and will never close it again...
Regan's mission, which followed Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang's U.S. tour in January, was meant to help heal wounds that had opened in U.S.-Chinese economic relations and to prepare the way for President Reagan's arrival in Peking at the end of April. Prodded by American manufacturers, Washington set off a 1983 trade skirmish by freezing imports of Chinese textiles at the previous year's levels after talks on a new accord broke down. The People's Republic, which did not begin welcoming U.S. business on a large scale until 1979, responded...
Australian diplomats traveling in China with Prime Minister Bob Hawke were the first to convey the news to Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang. When the two leaders sat down at a state banquet, Zhao turned to Hawke and asked, "Who do you think will succeed Andropov?" The official Chinese message to Moscow was brief but surprisingly warm, noting: "It is the sincere desire of the Chinese government to see relations between the two countries normalized...