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...either soldiers or civilians with solid military backgrounds. Its meeting in Peking last week to elect a new Politburo and Standing Committee produced several surprises. Mao was, of course, re-elected chairman, and newly anointed Successor Lin Piao was chosen as the only vice chairman. However, Premier Chou Enlai, who had long clung to his ranking as third in the power hierarchy, was listed with two others as simply a member of the Standing Committee. China watchers saw this as a distinct loss of influence for Chou, who has a well-deserved reputation as an expert in political survival. Another...
When some move up, others must move down. Three of Chou's closest associates were dropped, among them Foreign Minister Chen Yi. All three had come under heavy Red Guard fire over the past three years, and analysts believe that Mao, despite Chou's attempts to protect them, decided that they were dispensable. In general, the Politburo now seems divided into three main groups: the Mao-Lin section (twelve members), which retains control; the People's Liberation Army segment (six members), which mistrusts Lin because he espoused the extremism and instability of the Cultural Revolution...
...rare ambiance for a formidable showing. The group of three graduate students who set up the show made a selection representative of Winthrop's own preferences, accentuating French drawings and Chinese jades and bronzes. There are fabulous ritual bronzes--my favorites are a big bell from the Chou dynasty and a pouring vessel with a lion's head at the front and an owl on its back...
...Chou: Oh, only once. But once is serious enough. You threatened the driver with a machine gun and took away the locomotive. It was only after I called directly over long-distance telephone and gave up a good night's sleep that you returned it. (Turning to another leader): You took part in the looting of ammunition destined for Viet Nam. Can't you hand over what you have looted? You have seized 11,800 cases of ammunition. That is no small matter. How can you try to deceive us and get away free? How can you tell...
...Guards complains that his faction at Kwangsi University has been under siege for several months with nothing to eat. Chou sneers: How is it that you have nothing to eat? Haven't you seized other people's food stores...