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Article: CHEN YUN; ARCHITECT OF CHINA'S ECONOMY.(CAPITAL REGION)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- April 11, 1995
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Byline: Associated Press
BEIJING Chen Yun, the only serious rival to senior leader Deng Xiaoping and the architect of China's centrally planned economy, died Monday at age 89.
China's official media did not report Chen's death, but Japan's Kyodo news agency reported late Monday that Chen had died, citing unidentified Chinese sources. The report did not say how he died.
A staunch defender of traditional Marxism, Chen ranked behind only 90-year-old Deng among the ``eight immortals,'' revolutionary leaders who have collectively ruled China. With Chen's death, only five survive.
Chen, who had been in poor health for years, made his ...