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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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Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping, who represented Premier Chou En-lai at the formal banquet, responded with more restraint, commenting simply on the Philippines as "a beautiful and richly endowed country" whose people were "industrious and valiant."

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

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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, already a party vice chairman and the government's first Vice Premier, was given the powerful, long-vacant post of Chief of Staff of the army.

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At midweek the remains were taken to the Great Hall of the People, where party officials listened to a eulogy delivered by Teng Hsiao-ping.

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