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Teng Hsiao-ping

British  
/ ˈtɛŋ sjaʊ ˈpɪŋ /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Deng Xiaoping

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Both Chiao and Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping, who appears to be running China on a day-to-day basis, are facing increasing complaints from some of their colleagues about the Washington connection.

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The old committee was purged of at least two-thirds of its membership, including such leading figures as President Liu Shaochi and Teng Hsiao-ping, the party secretary-general.

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The man across the table will be Teng Hsiao-ping, a tough little guy whom Kissinger has never liked very much.

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Teng Hsiao-ping, 70, who has achieved the most spectacular political comeback in Communist China's history.

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Off to the other side, and belonging to the party wing, is Teng Hsiao-ping, 62, General Secretary of the Party Central Committee.

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