Word: chen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this was officially and publicly laid on the line in Peking last March 5, on the first anniversary of Stalin's death, by Vice Premier Chen Yun. The Communists are almost as frank in telling the world their difficulties. According to recent Communist accounts, a nationwide shortage of food and clothing is "continuing to develop this year and has already become a question of concern to the broad masses of the people." Surplus workers are being rounded up and deported from the cities to farms and mines (75,000 were removed from Shanghai alone). Unrest, food shortages, crop failures...
...General Chen Yi, military ruler of the East China region, conqueror and mayor of Shanghai, commander of the third field army and perennial squabbler with his political commissars...
...Peking last month, when the party observed the first anniversary of Joseph Stalin's death, the orators showed that they were not blind to the problems and weaknesses before them. "The peace policy was a very important part of Stalin's life work," explained Vice Premier Chen Yun. "The Soviet Union secured 20 years of peace from 1921 to 1941, and it was an indispensable external condition for the completion of Socialist construction...
...James Edward Bucchler of Schenectady, N.Y. and Lowell, History and Literature; Raymond Feng-chu Chen of New York City and Lowell, Biochemistry; Alexander Gelley of Cleveland and Adams, History and Literature; Stanley Robert Palombo of Brooklyn and Adams, Biochemistry...
...enemy, Communist China, to a meeting in Geneva. Who knew what kind of deal the West might make behind their backs? At home, the management was frustrated by a lack of demand for their services, and fearful of their aging equipment and personnel. Time was running out, warned Premier Chen Cheng, newly designated nominee for vice president, and heir-designate to President Chiang Kaishek: "If we wait another three to five years [to counterattack the mainland], our chances of success will diminish to almost nothing." Furthermore, "the enemy will be encouraged to attack...