Deng’s policy of tolerating limited political dissent ended with
a. The Chinese government massacre of Beijing university students in 1989
b. The collapse of the U.S.S.R. in 1991
c. The U.S. defeat of their ally Saddam Hussein in 1991
d. President Clinton’s leaving office in 2001
e. The U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003
Ans: a
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