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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

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

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Radical groups are upset that many of the officials who were disgraced during the Cultural Revolution have been reinstated�most notably Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping, the most powerful man in China after Chairman Mao Tse-tung and Premier Chou Enlai.

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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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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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