Word: bragging
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with that of the party and the civilian government. Personally, the two men could hardly be more dissimilar. Chou is urbane and sophisticated. Huang, born to a farm family in central Hupei province, seems to glory in a sort of peasant earthiness, much as Mao does. He likes to brag about his lack of book learning. "Even if you turn me inside out, you won't be able to find a drop of ink," he says. Huang normally smothers his meals in red peppers (the Hupei version of catsup), but in his Canton days he did develop a taste...