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Article: DENG GAMBLES TO KEEP POWER.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- May 20, 1989
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Byline: Jim Hoagland Washington Post
Confronting huge public protests demanding his resignation, Deng Xiaoping turned to the Chinese army today in a gamble to save his reputation and restore his weakening grip on power.
By daybreak today, after a night in which human walls of protesters prevented the army from getting to Tiananmen Square, the protest center, Deng's odds looked no better than even.
The success or failure of the military intervention is likely to determine not only Deng's fate, but the identity of his successor, diplomats and other analysts said here.
The decision to send the units of the People's Liberation Army into ...