Deng Xiaoping was the Paramount Leader of China from 1978 to 1992, although he never became the head of the party or state, and his influence within the Party led the country to significant economic reforms.

It was the tallest building in Asia from 1992 to 1996, until the Shun Hing Square in Shenzhen, People's Republic of China, was built.

While Deng never held office as the head of state, head of government or General Secretary of the Communist Party of China ( the highest position in Communist China ), he nonetheless served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 1992.

* 1992 – Ling-Ling, panda given to the USA by China ( b. 1969 )

Resumption of Japan's multi-billion dollar investments to China and increased visits to China by Japanese officials, culminating in the October 1992 visit of Emperor Akihito, gave a clear indication that Japan considered closer ties with China in its economic and strategic interest.

It should be noted that 1992 census of China counted only 3. 6 million Mongols.

* 1992 – Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.

South Korea established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1990 and the People's Republic of China in 1992, which put a serious strain on relations between North Korea and its traditional allies.

* 1992 – A China Southern Airlines domestic flight in the People's Republic of China, crashes, killing all 141 people on board.

However, on 23 August 1992 the Republic of China government, by then only in control of the island of Taiwan and a few minor outlying areas, severed diplomatic relations with South Korea in advance of its announcement of formal recognition of the People's Republic of China based in Beijing.

This movement is supported by the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan, but opposed by the Pan-Blue Coalition which seeks to retain the somewhat ambiguous status quo of the ROC under the 1992 consensus, or gradually reunify with mainland China at some point.

In 1992, Deng Xiaoping travelled to southern China in his last major public appearance to revitalize faith in market economics and stop the country's slide back into Maoism.

On July 1, 1992, in order to meet growing demand, the Chinese government opened the legal services market to foreign law firms allowing them to establish offices in China when the Ministry of Justice and the State Administration of Industry and Commerce ( SAOIC ) issued the Provisional Regulation of Establishment of Offices by Foreign Law Firms regulation.

* Albert Hung-Yee Chen, An Introduction to the Legal System of the People's Republic of China ( 1992 ).

Wonton Food attempted to expand its fortune cookie business into China in 1992, but gave up after fortune cookies were considered " too American ".

Falun Gong or Falun Dafa ( literally means " Dharma Wheel Practice ") is a spiritual discipline first introduced in China in 1992 through public lectures by its founder, Li Hongzhi.

Shortly after his first public teaching, in September 1992 Falun Gong was recognized as a branch of qigong under the administration of the state-run China Qigong Scientific Research Society ( CQRS ).

Like many qigong masters at the time, Li toured major cities in China from 1992 to 1994 to teach the practice.

* James D. Linxwiler, The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: The First Twenty Years Paper 2, Proceedings from the 38th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute ( 1992 )

The series was scheduled to conclude with Return to Firetop Mountain ( Book 50, Livingstone, 1992 ), but due to increased sales ten more books were written.

: Examples include Hud starring Paul Newman ( 1963 ); Sam Peckinpah's The Getaway ( 1972 ) and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia ( 1974 ); Simon Wincer's Quigley Down Under ; Robert Rodríguez's El Mariachi ( 1992 ); John Sayles ' Lone Star ( 1996 ); Tommy Lee Jones ' The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ( 2005 ); Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain ( 2005 ); Wim Wenders ' Don't Come Knocking ( 2005 ); and the Coen brothers Academy Award – winning No Country For Old Men ( 2007 ).

The 1992 novel China Mountain Zhang has a protagonist named Zhongsan of Chinese and Puerto Rican ancestry in a world dominated by the Communist party.

Robert Bucci, a determined Engineering student at Georgia Institute of Technology ( Georgia Tech, successfully entreated Guinness World Records to reinstate the category in 1992 by providing a comprehensively documented event plan prior to their subsequent world record setting event during the 1992 SAA / SF National Convention at Stone Mountain, Georgia.

Chiefs Frank Temoke and Frank Brady refused the government's offer of a payoff under the Treaty of Ruby Valley 1863 at Battle Mountain on December 11, 1992.

On 1 August 1992, a fifth operational F-111 squadron was added to the 27th FW in conjunction with the realignment of all EF-111A Raven Electronic Warfare aircraft from Mountain Home AFB to Cannon.

Published by Mountain People and Places in 1992.

Past productions include The Smokey Mountain Passion Play in Townsend, Tennessee from 1974 to 1992, The Great Passion Play at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee in 1988, and The Gatlinburg, Tennessee Musical Passion Play which closed in 1996.

On the morning of May 26, 1992, Geschke was kidnapped at gunpoint from the Adobe parking lot in Mountain View, California by two men as he arrived for work.

* NORBA National Mountain Biking Champion ( 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 )

On the March 28, 1992 edition of Smoky Mountain Wrestling, Commissioner Bob Armstrong announced that Scott Anthony was slated to compete in the SMW Heavyweight Title Tournament as a " wild card " entrant, but Anthony's signing with World Championship Wrestling likely prevented this.

In 1992, Virgin Records were looking for electronic bands and, after " Papua New Guinea "' s chart success, quickly signed them, giving them free rein to experiment. With their newfound contract they immediately began to play with more ambient music, resulting in the " Tales of Ephidrina " album of 1993, the first album to be released under the Amorphous Androgynous alias ; this was well received by press and marked a distinct shift from the more techno driven Accelerator, retaining some dance beats, but focussing more on texture, mood and sound, most famously on the popular track " Mountain Goat ".

But Mountain went dormant again after this until 1992, when West and Laing teamed up once again and brought in Richie Scarlet ( known for his work with Ace Frehley, Sebastian Bach and his multiple solo records ) to round out the line-up.

The 1992 WFC, held in Pine Mountain, Georgia, was chaired by Richard Gilliam and Ed Kramer.

And one-time Black Mountain College resident, composer John Cage ( 1912 – 1992 ), along with Jackson Mac Low ( 1922 – 2004 ), wrote poetry based on chance or aleatory techniques.

On 27 September 1992, the 10th Mountain Division assumed responsibility for Hurricane Andrew disaster relief as Task Force Mountain.

#*" The Mountain to Mohammed ," ( ss ) Asimov ’ s April 1992

#*" The Mountain to Mohammed ," ( ss ) Asimov ’ s April 1992

However, as part of a flood control project in 1992, the Clover Fork was diverted through a tunnel under Little Black Mountain, emerging in Baxter, KY where it joined with Martins Fork.

He gradually gained recognition for his supporting work in a series of notable films, including Scent of a Woman ( 1992 ), Twister ( 1996 ), Boogie Nights ( 1997 ), The Big Lebowski ( 1998 ), Magnolia ( 1999 ), The Talented Mr. Ripley ( 1999 ), Almost Famous ( 2000 ), 25th Hour ( 2002 ), Cold Mountain ( 2003 ), and Mission: Impossible III ( 2006 ).

A decade later hikers interested in peak bagging formed the Catskill Mountain 3500 Club, an organization similar to the better-known Adirondack 46ers, to promote the climbing of 34 of the 35 peaks listed below (" Southwest Hunter " was added to the list in 1992 ).

All members of the Gang of Four have since died ; Jiang Qing committed suicide in 1991, Wang Hongwen died in 1992, and Zhang Chunqiao and Yao Wenyuan died in 2005.

This was controversial because the 1992 Olympic Champion was a woman, Zhang Shan of China.

Mainstream audience got a first taste of Zhang Chu's distinctive brand of folk rock in 1992 through the by-now classic single " Sister ".

* Iterative Point Matching for Registration of Free-Form Curves and Surfaces ( 1992 ) ( Zhengyou Zhang )

Two women won medals in such mixed events: Margaret Murdock, silver in Rifle 3 positions ( 1976 ) and Zhang Shan, gold in Skeet ( 1992 ).

China Mountain Zhang is a 1992 novel by science fiction author Maureen F. McHugh.

This caused some controversy as the winner of the open skeet event at the Barcelona games in 1992 was a woman, Zhang Shan, and double trap, the only event now available to her, is quite unsimilar to skeet.