http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/3002/john-heathershaw Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:06:52 -0400 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:06:52 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1166/deng-xiaoping-and-the-future By John Heathershaw - On the nineteenth of February Deng Xiaoping, the dominant figure of Chinese politics for 19 years, died and left behind him a booming China, and a nation with many unresolved questions. The British media proclaimed the passing away of ‘the last red titan’ and it certainly seemed the end of an era for a country that has held a fifth of the worlds population outside democratic governance and bucking the trend towards political openness which occurred among other communist states. The career of Deng took place over the full course of the history of the Peoples Republic of China... Wed, 01 Jan 1997 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1166/deng-xiaoping-and-the-future http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1175/a-victory-for-the-centre-americans-re-endorse-clinton-and-the-politics-of-divided-government By John Heathershaw - In one of the more memorable moments of the otherwise dull BBC coverage of US election night, veteran political commentator Charles Wheeler pointed out that President Clinton had just been re-elected by American voters who had little if any idea of his agenda for his second term in office. ‘What is his agenda?’, he asked Democratic Party advisor David Doak. Wheeler, clearly perturbed by the lack of debate in the 1996 campaign, was amazed when he was clearly unable to give him an answer. ‘I watched a debate-‘ , Wheeler began, charitably trying to move the discussion... Wed, 01 Jan 1997 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1175/a-victory-for-the-centre-americans-re-endorse-clinton-and-the-politics-of-divided-government