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...Cabinet, are overwhelmingly pre-Cultural Revolution bureaucrats or men personally close to Chou. The Premier's old wartime buddy Yeh Chien-ying, 76, moved into the crucial post of Defense Minister. Another oldtimer and Chou crony, Li Hsien-nien, 67, will oversee finance and trade. Teng Hsiao-ping, 70, resurrected from Cultural Revolutionary disgrace 21 months ago by Chou, presumably with Mao's approval, continued his astonishing comeback. He became the first of Chou's twelve Vice Premiers as well as one of six Vice Chairmen of the Communist Party. The sole official to be elevated both...
...Teng Hsiao-ping, 70, the shrewd party bureaucrat who over the last year has performed many of Chou En-lai's duties, was promoted to First Vice Premier and elevated to vice-chairmanship of the Communist Party (there are five other Vice Chairmen). The appointment accelerated Teng's spectacular rise from utter disgrace during the Cultural Revolution (when he was branded "the No. 2 capitalist reader," after Lui Shao-chi) and gives him an official position that accords with the great power he wields. Many observers feel now that Teng has moved to first in line to succeed...
...unmistakable trend toward moderation did not resolve all of China's problems. On the crucial issue of succession, for example, some large questions remained unanswered. Teng Hsiao-ping would after Chou probably lead the pack of successors should Chairman Mao pass from the scene. Yet Teng is himself an old man; moreover, the comparatively young radicals who attacked him during the Cultural Revolution still occupy high party positions and could clearly make strong bids for the party chairmanship themselves...
...mood around the green felt table in the Great Hall of the People was almost jocular last week as Henry Kissinger sat down opposite Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping during the American Secretary of State's seventh visit to China. "How many tons?" Teng asked, pointing to the thick looseleaf briefing books that Kissinger had brought to the conference table. "Several," Kissinger said with a smile. Responded the Chinese, emphasizing that his associates came with no notes or briefing books: "All we have is guns and millet...
...Wolff, promises a real symphonic sound in concerts spanning the spectrum of music history. This Saturday the Bach Society presents Harvard's first orchestral concert, featuring Richard Kogan, winner of last year's HRO concerto competition, in Beethoven's 4th. Concert-goers, take heed of this auspicious occasion. Karen Hsiao...