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- <text id=90TT1148>
- <title>
- May 07, 1990: World Notes:Communists
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- May 07, 1990 Dirty Words
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- WORLD, Page 47
- World Notes
- COMMUNISTS
- Accentuating The Positive
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> On the plus side, Moscow and Beijing share a need to bring
- their stagnant economies into the modern era. On the debit side,
- they hold contrasting visions of reform that set them at odds.
- But last week Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese
- Premier Li Peng put the accent on their mutual interests to play
- up a year-old rapprochement that has eased tensions between the
- communist giants after 30 years.
- </p>
- <p> Li's visit to Moscow marked the first by a Chinese head of
- government in 26 years. The four-day visit resulted in the
- signing of six accords modestly expanding economic, technical
- and scientific cooperation until the year 2000 and committing
- both countries in principle to further troop reductions along
- their common border. While their ideological differences
- prevented any return to the close friendship of the past, both
- leaders stepped delicately around that sensitive ground.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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