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Article: TOP OFFICIALS TALK IN SECRET; CHINA HOPEFUL SIGNS HINT AT ZHAO'S RISE.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- May 24, 1989
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Byline: Nicholas D. Kristof New York Times
As hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in Beijing and Shanghai for the ouster of Premier Li Peng, China's top leaders met in secret in the capital on Tuesday and appeared to make significant progress in breaking the political deadlock.
Early Wednesday morning, there were signs that Zhao Ziyang, the Communist Party leader, who was stripped of his powers late last week after he urged a moderate line toward students demonstrating for democracy, might be making a comeback.
There were also hints in official news reports that Li might be in political trouble and military troops began to withdraw from ...