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Peking's main thoroughfare, Ch'ang An Avenue, was decked out in holiday garb. Strings of red, pink, turquoise and yellow pennants fluttered gaily above the curb-to-curb crush of bicyclists and horn-tooting motorists, and bright red palace lanterns illuminated the Gate of Heavenly Peace. Not only in Peking but in every Chinese city, village and hamlet, the Lunar New Year celebration was under way last week...
...decision, he said, "has not only seriously damaged the rights and interests of the government and people of the Republic of China but has also tremendous adverse impact upon the entire free world." As a gesture to erase the shame, Taiwan's Foreign Minister Shen Ch'ang-huan resigned...
Still, Marcos was unhappy, not so much over the returns but because of events surrounding them. Laban followers protested noisily about election fraud, while many others were angry over the government's claims of total victory. At a Malacañang Palace press conference with visiting foreign journalists last week, he accused reporters of egging on the Labanites. He has also charged unnamed Western organizations and the CIA with "meddling" in the 45-day campaign. Marcos even blamed himself for having relaxed martial law and restrained his police. Affecting a kind of no-more-Mr.-Nice-Guy grimness...
...have been plastered with posters denouncing the so-called Mini-Gang of Four, consisting of Peking's mayor Wu Teh; General Ch'en Hsi-lien, the regional commander of the capital military district; Saifudin, former chief of the Sinkiang-Uigher Autonomous Region; and the late K'ang Sheng, onetime internal security boss. The minigang members have also been blasted by the Teng-controlled People's Daily, which has called them "hyenas, wolfish animals." The four, along with other backers of Mme. Mao, have also been attacked as the "wind faction," "slip-away faction" and "coverup faction...
...offer of marriage, he forbade the League of Left-Wing Dramatists to give her roles. Worse still, he branded her with the scarlet "T" -spreading the rumor that she was a Trotskyite. Later she did have an affair with a well-known actor and film critic, T'ang Na. There were rumors that they were married. When she finally dropped him, the gossip went, he was driven to the edge of suicide...