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...Central Committee is of the opinion that he is a suitable choice and worthy of our trust." With those words, China's Communist Party Chairman Hua Guofeng last week formally announced to the National People's Congress that, as expected, he would step down from his top government post to make way for a new Premier, former Sichuan province Governor Zhao Ziyang. Hua also made it official that seven Vice Premiers, including the architect of the transition, Deng Xiaoping, would retire from their government posts; among their successors will be the Westward-leaning Foreign Affairs Minister, Huang...
This week China's Senior Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping was expected to step down from his government post, along with Premier Hua Guofeng, in favor of a new team of trusted, younger technocrats. But first Deng saw to it that the National People's Congress, whose 3,500 delegates have been meeting in Peking for the past ten days, approved a parcel of new measures. Among the miscellany: the debut of the personal income tax* and a raise in the legal marriage age (20 for women, 22 for men). The important changes, however, were a series of economic...
Premier Hua Guofeng grandly declared that the congress this time "will not be routine but will have great significance." It was ironic that Hua was the one to make that statement. Among the more sensational advance reports on the congress's actions was that Hua, who is also Chairman of the Communist Party, would formally be relieved of his government duties as Premier and replaced by former Governor of Sichuan province Zhao Ziyang, 62. That was likely to be the most dramatic step taken to accomplish the ambitious goal of transferring government power from one group to another. Along...
...claims over the five years. In one particularly bad year, county reports inflated actual yield by 60%. The exposé was an unmistakable criticism of one of the late Chairman Mao Tse-tung's most sacred projects. It was also a dig at Mao's successor, Hua Guofeng, who for years was one of the ardent promoters of Dazhai...
...disappearance of the portraits was emblematic of the glancing attacks against Mao's heirs that have been stepped up in recent weeks. Most striking was the announcement that Mao's chosen successor, Hua Guofeng, 60, will resign as Premier when the People's Congress meets later this month. Though Hua will reportedly retain the post of Chairman that was held by Mao, the party leaders are expected to act on proposals to reduce greatly the power of that office. Hua's successor, Zhao Ziyang, 61, is the hand-picked candidate of the Senior Vice Premier, Deng...