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Deng Near Death

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Published February 16, 1997 at 11:00 PM EST

NPR's Mary Kay Magistad tells Linda that China's top leaders have returned to Beijing unexpectedly from trips to other parts of the country, possibly in response to UNconfirmed news about the health of 92-year-old Deng Xiaoping (duhng shee-yow PEENG). The patriarch of the Chinese leadership is 92 years old and has been in frail health for some years.

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