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Li Xiannian

American  
[lee shyahn-nyahn] / ˈli ˈʃjɑnˈnjɑn /
(Wade-Giles) Li Hsien-nien

noun

  1. 1909–92, Chinese Communist leader: president 1983–88.


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This sets him against Li Xiannian, who thinks that China must focus on infrastructure and capital goods.

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Fresh from the hospital, Reagan will meet this week with Chinese President Li Xiannian.

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Also expected to relinquish their posts are four other Vice Premiers: Xu Xiangqian, 78, Li Xiannian, 73, Chen Yun, 75, and Wang Zhen, 71.

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Next comes Li Xiannian, 78, also a war hero; he has now been named officially President of China.

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Inside the Great Hall of the People, to which he would return half a dozen times, Reagan met with Li Xiannian, his nominal counterpart.

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