Word: fukien
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...impression on this trip of being rather poignantly embarrased by the difficult times China has experienced in the past 10 years. And they have invested enormous hopes in Teng." Bernstein and Clark depended heavily on the encyclopedic knowledge of the Hong Kong colleague Bing W. Wong, a native of Fukien province, who was pleased when his homeland resumed relations with the U.S. Says Wong: "Each country has something to learn from the other...
Resistance to the regime is scarcely confined to Peking. The post of commander of the Foochow military region based in Fukien province has remained conspicuously vacant since General P'i Ting-chun died in July 1976. Ten months later one of P'i's subordinates, General Ch'eng Ch'ao-chang, was also officially reported to have suffered "a martyr's death" at his post. Some Sinologists believe the generals were victims of rebellions in Fukien that forced Hua to dispatch 12,000 troops to the region. Last week a radio broadcast from Fukien reported that followers of the Gang...
...freedom on the mainland." Fan, who had been thinking of defecting for many years, prepared for his escape by listening to broadcasts from Taiwan giving directions on routes and proper signals for defectors to use. His opportunity came when his unit was transferred last month to a base in Fukien province, just across the Taiwan Strait...
...press conference next day, Fan elaborated on his unhappiness with life on the mainland. He said that he had seen many people "half starving," and that disturbances, particularly among tenant farmers, had been widespread in Fukien 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...
...Paoting area reported that armed rebels supporting Chiang Ch'ing's leftists had raped women, robbed banks, raided ammunition dumps, blown up factories, hijacked military vehicles and disrupted rail traffic. According to other reports, disturbances have also occurred in Hupei, Honan and Shansi provinces as well as in Fukien, where 12,000 troops had to be sent to quell followers of the Gang of Four, who were "disturbing the army" and "sabotaging the party's unified leadership." Radio broadcasts have also reported that "criminal gangs are threatening public order" in Chekiang province...