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...Deng strengthens his authority "We do not wish to hide our errors and defects," declared the latest issue of Red Flag, the theoretical journal of China's Communist Party. "If the party's style of work is not rectified, the people's belief in the superiority of socialism and the final victory of Communism will be shaken...
After a year of preparations, the party had embarked on what was officially called an "overall rectification of party style and consolidation of party organizations." In everything but name, however, it will be a purge, an attempt by China's Deng Xiaoping, 79, to secure his own authority and that of his chosen successors. For China's 40 million party members, it will be the biggest political event since the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s...
Under the new procedures, all party members will have to deliver a self-criticism before their comrades. Only if this is adequate and their dossiers show no signs of unresolved crimes will membership be confirmed. The presumed purpose is to remove Maoists who still oppose Deng's policies. Thus the campaign is being linked in an indirect way to two other Chinese trends: a move to burnish Deng's prestige and a drive against crime. Each, in its own way, is aimed at increasing Deng's popularity and power-and ensuring the survival of his policies beyond...
...personality cult has developed, but it is clear that Deng is being placed on a pedestal almost as high as the one once reserved for Mao Tse-tung. Just as the publication of Mao's Little Red Book heralded the beginning of his near deification, the release in July of Deng's Selected Works drew well-publicized congratulatory messages from across the country. Two million copies were sold on the first day, and the press later revealed that the print run had been increased to 40 million copies...
...Chinese people have followed an austere life-style for so long that their desire for such items is hardly a surprise. Yet if Deng Xiaoping is to succeed in his Four Modernizations, he may have to suppress consumerism. The task of industrial progress will require that China's limited exchange be spent wisely. Rubik's Cubes, and similar products, may be the wrench in the cogs of China's revitalization...