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...voted to restore Teng Hsiao-p'ing, 73, to his former posts as Vice Premier, Vice Chairman of the party and Chief of Staff of the Army. At the same time, said the communique, the "Gang of Four" headed by Mao Tse-tung's widow, Chiang Ch'ing, had "once and for all" been expelled from the party and dismissed "from all posts inside and outside the party...
...stunning triumph for Teng, a protege of the late Chou Enlai's, who was ousted from leadership positions by Mao in 1966, and again in 1976, when Chiang Ch'ing led the pack that hounded him into ignominy. Teng's return was also a dramatic demonstration of China's erratic course in the past decade-from pragmatism to radical zeal and back again. In modern Communist history, no other politician had ever risen to such heights of power and descended to such depths of disgrace-twice in a lifetime-and survived to rule again...
...incident began when the crew of the twin-engine CH-47 Chinook apparently lost its way on a routine flight from Camp Humphreys, 40 miles south of Seoul, to a supply depot near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). As Presidential Press Secretary Jody Powell later explained, the helicopter's crew seemed to have made "a navigational mistake [and] veered north at the eastern...
...province. He complained about the regimentation; all his spare time was taken up with political-indoctrination classes and "criticism and selfcriticism" sessions. Despite the strong efforts of Premier Hua Kuo-feng's regime to discredit the so-called Gang of Four, led by Mao's widow Chiang Ch'ing, Fan reported that supporters of the ousted radicals still have some limited power in the air force...
Those who prefer martinis or soft drinks think beer drinkers are just a bunch of mugs. In fact, the true beer drinker is just as great a connoisseur as any sampler of Château Lafite. Beer tastings are a commonplace in almost every town that offers more than one beer to have when you're having more than one. In addition to domestic products, consumers check out the great German and Dutch prizewinners (some 6,000 local brews are available in those beer-loving nations), the Czech Pilsner, which many consider the world's finest, plus imports...