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9.
It
Deng himself clearly remains in charge, but at the cost of having to
assert the primacy of Party discipline over the liberal tendencies to
which his reform process has inevitably given rise. He has also had to
Carleen untu recarity dismiss a senior and, trusted, protege in unfavourable circumstances.
must appear to Deng that only he can keep the reform process on its
precarious tightrope, and he now clearly feels unable to retire at the
Party Congress.
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