Deleted

Reagan's speech in the Great Hall of the People, Chinese officials promised, was to be broadcast in full on TV, even though it had not been cleared with Chinese authorities in advance. But before it aired that evening, 17 segments were deleted. Among them:

On national religious faith. How did America become the leading economic nation in the world? We have drawn tremendous power from two great forces, faith and freedom. America was founded by people who sought freedom to worship God and to trust Him to guide them in their daily lives with wisdom, strength, goodness and compassion.

On U.S.-style democracy. Trust the people. These three words are the most powerful force for human progress in the world today. Those who ignore this vital truth will condemn their countries to fall farther and farther behind.

On free enterprise. In the United States, as I mentioned earlier, we have always believed deeply that incentives are key and that free people build free markets that ignite dynamic development for everyone.

On the U.S.S.R. We threaten no nation. America's troops are not massed on China's borders, and we occupy no lands. Nor do we commit wanton acts, such as shooting 269 innocent people out of the sky for the so-called cause of sacred airspace. America and China both condemn military expansionism--the brutal occupation of Afghanistan, the crushing of Kampuchea [Cambodia].