On March 4, 1985, when meeting with a delegation from the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Deng Xiaoping pointed out that there are two strategic issues of global significance in the present world. One is the question of peace, namely the question of East-West relations; the other is the economic question, or the question of development, namely the question of North-South relations. Of the two, the question of the North-South relations is the key question.
