A European Union defense team seeks to lift its Tiananmen Squarearms embargo on China despite strong opposition from the Europeanpublic and mass media.
(Archived document, may contain errors) No. 50 August 29,, 1986 THE U.S. AND THE PACIFIC RIM: A STATISTICAL HANDBOOK INTRODUCTION Ronald Reagan calls the 21st century the Pacific Era.' A great many Americans agree. They point to the remarkable economic progress posted by most of the region's countries, which range from the U.S. and Canada in North America to Japan, South Korea, Australia, the Republic of China on Taiwan, and a score of others in Asia.
It is difficult to say with any certainty how China would have evolved had Zhao Ziyang not been overthrown in 1989. The ostensible cause of his purge was his refusal to endorse martial law and authorize the use of force to suppress the Tiananmen demonstrations (thus “splitting the Party”) but even before that fateful Politburo meeting and his final public appearance in the