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Teng Hsiao-ping

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/ 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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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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As long as Chou remained alive, even gravely ill on a hospital bed, the policies pursued by Teng Hsiao-ping bore the stamp of the Premier's authority.

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Teng Hsiao-ping, 70, resurrected from Cultural Revolutionary disgrace 21 months ago by Chou, presumably with Mao's approval, continued his astonishing comeback.

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In China, Teng Hsiao-ping made a near miraculous recovery from the political dead.

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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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