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.They were not.

• 喜欢鼓吹死后英雄的党的官员们反复揉捏着历史，暗示30年前的会议吹响了改革开放的号角，但他们错了。