19 MARCH 1994, page 12

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Rebecca Lee attempts to define Deng Xiaoping's place in Chinese history, before the obituarists get there first Xian, China IN THE seventh month of the 37th year of his reign......

Mind Your Language

`CAN I have the stamps?' my daughter asked when a letter arrived from New Zealand. It was from Mr Peter Wheen of Portobello, who asks: 'You don't do slang, do you? Toe-rag has......