Despite initial expectations that Hu was a " closet liberal ", Hu has shown a fairly hard-line approach to liberalization of the media.

Despite his inspiration in the Communist bloc countries, Chissano was not a hard-line Marxist and retreated from the traditional ideology with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Despite the hard-line Chinese control over culture, the Soviet advances in technology led to a new Nationalist focus on building closer cooperation with American universities and developing engineering programs.

Despite his earlier moderate position on teenage relationships, Cameron had come to take a hard-line stance on the topic of homosexuality.

Despite Phillip's earlier order that Aboriginal Australians must never be slain, and his insistence that no retaliation be taken to avenge his own non-fatal spearing, Phillip's stance toward Aboriginals changed markedly after the death of his gamekeeper, John MacIntyre.

Despite this, Najibullah was not the only choice the Soviets had ; a GRU report claimed he was unfit to be leader considering the fact that he was a Pashtun nationalist, a stance which could decrease the regimes popularity even more.

Despite these changes and its past reliance on this military and economic assistance, North Korea proclaims a militantly independent stance in its foreign policy in accordance with its official ideology of Juche, or self-reliance.

Despite his firm abolitionist stance, throughout his life he continued to express fears of uprising and rule by pardos ( mixed-race people ) and claimed that the governance of heterogeneous societies like Venezuela " will require an infinitely firm hand.

Despite this, James was still dependent on the nobility, especially Douglas, for their support and initially adopted a less confrontational stance.

Despite receiving a favorable review from William Carlos Williams in 1942, the novel's highly experimental style, limited release, and anti-war stance would guarantee it a very limited audience.

Despite the church's official stance, many members of the Church of the Brethren do not agree with pacifism.

Despite some differences in their positions on certain issues, these organizations were united in their opposition to parliamentarism, a stance that had led them to participate in demonstrations, most notably the so-called riots of 6 February 1934.

Despite being criticized for taking a " partionist " or unionist stance in his speech, Cosgrave was leading Fine Gael back into power a year later.

Despite a quiet, modest manner, and his politically moderate stance, he was a witty, often scathing speaker.

" Despite numerous tabloid rumors, he denied his homosexual / bi-sexual orientation for the first half of his career, until his stance relaxed considerably after emigrating to Vancouver.

Despite his anti-war stance, Tuomioja did carry out his own mandatory military service and is a reservist sergeant.

Despite his overall pro-lesbian and pro-gay-rights stance, he nonetheless backed up the New York City Health Department's decision to shut down the city's gay bathhouses in 1985 in response to concerns over the spread of AIDS.

Despite their attempts to present a clear stance on school-sponsored religious activity, Engel, Abington, and the cases for which these serve as precedent are cited by some proponents of school prayer as evidence of a contradiction between the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment.

Despite its primarily secular stance, however, courses of religion and morals ( which are dominantly Islamic ) are compulsory to all students during the last years of elementary and throughout high school.

Despite his stance against the invasion of Iraq, on receiving a copy of a confidential memo between Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair, and US President George W. Bush, he chose to report the leak to the police rather than expose what was said.

Despite the official stance, the practices related to family purity have often not been widely followed by Conservative Jews.

Despite its comparatively moderate stance towards Communism, the Canadian state continued intensive surveillance of Communists and sharing of intelligence with the US.

Despite Motorola's well publicized stance regarding RSS software, current users have been left to question if this is still in effect.

Despite his anti-war stance, Soulsby lost by 5. 6 % to Parmjit Singh Gill of the Liberal Democrats in a by-election which was dominated by the Iraq war and the newly-formed left-wing party Respect, which took 12. 7 % of vote.

Despite his public stance as a white supremacist, O ' Ferrall was also quick to send troops to break up mob violence and prevent lynchings.

Despite the Lee Myung-bak government expressing a verbal anti-North Korean stance, the head of the government-funded Korea Institute for National Unification, Kim Tae-u, proposed that the South Korean government renegotiate on the Mount Kumgang Tourist Region with North Korea without any official apology on North Korea's military actions towards the ROKS Cheonan sinking and the Bombardment of Yeonpyeong.

Despite a possible decrease in its ability to assemble and supply large armies, Rome maintained an aggressive and potent stance against perceived threats almost to the end of the fourth century.

Despite the ruling Barisan Nasional ( BN ) coalition suffering significant losses in the election, it was Keadilan and PAS that absorbed the gains, while the DAP's support eroded due to its supporters ' suspicions of PAS and its hardline Islamic stance.

Despite those efforts, he failed to gain control over Hungary and Bohemia in the Bohemian War ( 1468-1478 ) and was even defeated in the Austrian-Hungarian War ( 1477-1488 ) by the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus in 1485, who managed to maintain residence in Vienna until his death five years later ( see Siege of Vienna ( 1485 )).

Despite the often fierce rivalry with the SS, the Foreign Office played a key role in arranging the deportations of Jews to the death camps from France ( 1942 – 44 ), Hungary ( 1944 – 45 ), Slovakia, Italy ( after 1943 ), and the Balkans.

Despite this, Solomon never gave up his pretensions and began to plot against King László I ; however, his plans were discovered and he was imprisoned by the King in the Tower of Visegrád until 15 August 1083, when on the occasion of the canonization of István I, the first King of Hungary, Solomon was released.

Despite its presence in Central Europe since the beginning of Ottoman conquests, it did not become popular in Hungary much more than one hundred years ago.

Despite initial success, the democratic state was crushed by Russian troops descended to attack Hungary and restore the rule of the Habsburg dynasty.

Despite this late association with the winning side, Greater Romania was largely dismantled, losing territory to Bulgaria and the Soviet Union, but gaining Northern Transylvania from Hungary.

Despite his initial reservations, Suslov eventually supported the Presidium's decision to intervene in Hungary militarily and replace the counterrevolutionary government's leadership there.

Despite bad climatic and topographic conditions, the brigade supported the defence of the Carpathians and hindered Russian access to Hungary.

Despite diplomatic efforts by Hungary, the victorious parties of World War I set the date of Burgenland's official unification with Austria as August 28, 1921.

Despite the opposition of the Slavs who foresaw that " dualism would lead Austria to downfall, negotiations with Hungary were resumed and rapidly concluded by the Chancellor Beust "

Despite the usual election manipulations in Hungary at that time, the SLS won 6 deputies ( and the SNS one ) out of the 415 deputies of the Hungarian Diet in 1906.

Despite this brilliant result, Yoong was unable to qualify in Austria, Germany or Hungary.

Despite some disagreements with the military leader and regent Miklós Horthy, Gömbös was active in the widespread purge of Hungarian Communists and later organized mass military opposition to the Habsburg pretender Charles IV's plan to regain his throne in 1921, a move which kept Horthy firmly in control of Hungary.

Despite already having played for several Hungarian and foreign clubs, he still feels particularly attached to his home club Budapest Honvéd and declared that once back in Hungary, he would like to play for that club again.

Despite the seeming link to language, this organization was not strictly aligned with linguistic boundaries, but tended to combine the Order's knights and possessions in several nations or states ; the German tongue, for instance, included Scandinavia, Hungary, Poland and Bohemia.

Despite having constant financial difficulties due to an extravagant lifestyle and many failed political projects his reign saw the kingdoms of Spain, Bohemia and Hungary gained for the House of Habsburg, not by waging war but through advantageous marriage arrangements which were funded with the help of Jakob Fugger.

Despite these stories, the duda never received the same sort of official censure in Catholic Hungary that bagpipes did in many Protestant nations.