twork and the question put to me, in January of that year, was, “isn’t Xi Jinping going to be a very weak leader because he was not appointed by Deng Xiaoping and he has no strong base of support?” TESL A SOLAR POWER ARRIVES IN PUERTO AI HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023679 --- PAGE BREAK --- CW CNN International

e background to understand where China is today. This is the 40% year, the anniversary, of China’s reform and opening up. On December 18*, 1978, Deng Xiaoping made his famous speech, which transformed China from ideologically driven class struggle into economic development. It’s a big deal in China; there’s