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They are plastered on public buildings and humble dwellings, on fences, cow barns, tool sheds and much of the other available wall surface in China. The ubiquitous presence of these uniquely Chinese ideological weapons-wall posters-testified to the relentless campaign being carried out by party leaders against Chiang Ch'ing, the widow of Mao Tse-tung. Every week brings a graphic new twist to the pictorial record of her wicked ways. As the leader of the radical "Gang of Four"* accused of attempting to seize power after Mao's death last September, Chiang Ch...
Sole Guardians. There is a politically significant difference in the meaning of the two quotes. According to People's Daily, the "principles laid down" citation was concocted to indicate that only Chiang Ch'ing and her supporters were licensed to interpret Mao's instructions, thus becoming the sole guardians of his heritage. Among the gang's wrong "principles," the paper charged, was seizing power illegally. Chiang Ch'ing had aspired to nothing less than the party chairmanship. Only three days after Mao's death, one member of the gang "arranged for people to write...
...details of Madame Mao's love of luxury appear every week for the benefit of China's 800 million men and women who live a spartan existence, clothed in the ubiquitous unisex padded jacket and trousers. It has been alleged that Chiang Ch'ing secretly ordered two dozen custom-made dresses in the space of one month, at a total cost of 760 yuan ($400). On a visit to the agricultural commune of Tachai, Chiang Ch'ing "arrived by special train with an entourage of 100 persons," recalled a local official. "Her personal effects...
...Until Thursday of last week. Bukovsky had been immured in the infamous Vladimir Prison in central Russia. Moved on Friday to a Moscow jail, the Russian began to suspect that something was afoot. But not until he was placed aboard a specially chartered Aeroflot jet bound for Zurích did he know that he had been freed. Bukovsky's mother Nina, his sister Olga and his nephew Mikhail were also flown to Switzerland to join him in exile. Simultaneously, Corvalán was snatched from prison near Santiago and put aboard a flight to Zurích with...
China watchers believe the stories of Chiang Ch'ing's sybaritic way of life are plausible. But no independent confirmation exists of the capital crimes she is said to have committed. Still, her claim to be Mao's ideological heiress, combined with her backing of the Shanghai radicals' bid for power, was amply sufficient to bring about her downfall. She had to be discredited before Hua could put forward his own claim. Indeed, Hua's legitimacy as party leader rests in large part on official stories that Mao had given him a deathbed benediction...