Word: hsin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hsin-tsun, Taiwan
Bank Robberies. Meanwhile, the troops of the People's Liberation Army apparently surrounded Peking and Tsinghua universities, both bastions of radical support. Some 30 radicals were reported arrested for allegedly fabricating a will of Mao's; one of them was Mao's nephew Mao Yuan-hsin, vice chairman of the Liaoning provincial revolutionary committee; another was Yu Hui-yung, Minister of Culture and another Chiang Ch'ing protege. There were even rumors that one or more of the top four radicals had been executed, but that seemed extremely unlikely...
...program, in which city-educated youths have had to spend indefinite periods working on agricultural communes to "learn from the peasants." Only a small number of the most radical ones would then be chosen to go to a university. The result of this, complained moderate Education Minister Chou Jung-hsin, since purged, was that students would be leaving the university "without being able to read if the present system continues much longer." The deposed Deputy Premier, Teng Hsiao-p'ing, declared before being purged himself that "university students are below the standard of technical middle-school students of earlier...
...part, read the official announcement issued last week by Hsin-hua, the Chinese press agency. Soon after, it appeared again on the black-bordered front page of Peking's People's Daily; it was broadcast, preceded by solemn music, every half-hour on radio stations throughout China. In Peking, the elevator girl in an office building used by foreign journalists burst into tears when she heard the news. Headlines appeared in newspapers throughout the world, and messages of condolence started pouring into the Chinese capital. In a rare gesture of sympathy and respect, the flags at the U.S. consulate...
...necessity to remain vigilant against "revisionist" ideas. Party officials take seriously the problem of retaining ideological purity and preventing the leadership from hardening into a "new class" of privileged bureaucrats. In recent weeks two high education officials, Tsinghua University Chief Lu Ping and Education Minister Chou Jung-hsin, have been angrily accused by students of "revisionist" practices?meaning too much emphasis on technical excellence and not enough on ideology. Two weeks ago, in the traditional New Year's editorial, China's newspapers celebrated the achievements of the Cultural Revolution...