Party officials, preferring their heroes to be larger than life, have massaged history to imply that the meetings 30 years ago were a clarion call for reform and opening.

• 共产党的官员们喜欢将他们的英雄塑造得富有传奇色彩，他们篡改历史，暗示30年前的那些会议是吹响改革开放的号角。