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Li Peng
(Encyclopedia) Li PengLi Penglē pŭng [key], 1928–2019, Chinese Communist leader, premier of China (1988–98), b. Chengdu, Sichuan prov., China. Orphaned at age three when his father was executed by…Zhao Ziyang
(Encyclopedia) Zhao Ziyang or Chao Tzu-yangZhao Ziyangboth: zhou zēyäng [key], 1919–2005, Chinese Communist leader. He joined the party in 1938, was active as a local party leader during World War II…Bishop, Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia) Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911–79, American poet, b. Worcester, Mass., grad. Vassar, 1934. During the 1950s and 60s she lived in Brazil, eventually returning to her native New England, where…Carver, Raymond
(Encyclopedia) Carver, Raymond, 1938–88, American short-story writer, b. Clatskanie, Oreg. He was raised in the Pacific Northwest, where he often set his sparely written tales of everyday blue-collar…Zhu De
(Encyclopedia) Zhu De or Chu TehZhu Deboth: j&oomacr; dŭ [key], 1886–1976, Chinese Communist soldier and leader. He was graduated (1911) from the Yunnan military academy and served in various…Roy Evans 1998 Deaths
Roy EvansAge: 88 longtime president of the International Table Tennis Federation who is credited with coming up with the idea of Ping-Pong Diplomacy, the 1971 initiative that paved the way…Temptress Moon
Director: Chen KaigeWriter: Shu KeiDirector of Photography:Christopher DoyleEditor:Xiaonan PeiMusic:Jipling ZhaoProduction Designer:Qiagui HuangProducers:Feng Hsu and Cunlin TongMiramax; R;…2004 Badminton
MENEvent SinglesTaufik Hidayat, INA Seung Mo Shon, KOR Soni Dwi Kuncoro, INADoublesKim / Ha, S. Kor. Lee / Yoo, S. Kor. Hian / Limpele, INAWOMENEvent SinglesNing Zhang, CHN Mia Audina, NED…Cultural Revolution
(Encyclopedia) Cultural Revolution, 1966–76, mass mobilization of urban Chinese youth inaugurated by Mao Zedong in an attempt to prevent the development of a bureaucratized Soviet style of Communism…2011 Pulitzer Prize Winners
Awards ranging from journalism to fiction to music Related Links Pulitzer Prizes Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and…Trending
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