Word: hua
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Precisely at 3 p.m., the huge throng, estimated at 1 million, stood with heads bowed in Peking's T'ien An Men Square. After three minutes of silence, Premier Hua Kuo-feng delivered a eulogy to the dead leader, emphasizing his theoretical contributions to Marxism. When Hua had finished speaking, the master of ceremonies, Politburo Vice Chairman Wang Hung-wen, announced the playing of The East Is Red, then curtly declared that the final mourning services for Chairman Mao Tse-tung were over...
...post-Mao leadership headed by Premier Hua seems to be saying that the Peking regime will continue to function despite the genuine national grief over Mao's passing. An editorial published in China's major newspapers cited what was claimed to be a previously unpublished dictum from Mao: "Act according to the principles laid down." Mao's successors, the implication was, would follow the basic domestic and foreign policies established before the Chairman's death...
Thus for the moment, Hua Kuofeng, the firm but moderate Premier, seems in charge. He stood first in the lineup of leaders at Mao's mourning. He has also impressed foreign observers with his cool, adept handling of both the recent earthquakes and the obsequies for Mao. But will he consolidate his power, as Leonid Brezhnev did in the Soviet Union after the ouster of Khrushchev? Or will he, like Georgi Malenkov after the death of Stalin, eventually be relegated to obscurity? Many observers believe that he might endure, given the apparent strength of the moderates in China today...
...these analysts speculate, the Communist Party leadership will make a concerted effort to create a sense of mass enthusiasm and legitimacy for its policies-most notably the abrupt sacking of Chou En-lai's onetime heir apparent Teng Hsiao-p'ing and the elevation of Security Minister Hua Kuo-feng to Premier and First Vice Chairman of the party...
...factions under control. Indeed, some analysts believe last week's violence would not have happened had Chou still been alive. That view may exaggerate the late Premier's indispensable skills. But there is no doubt that the critical question facing China today is whether or not Hua Kuo-feng can develop into the Chou-like leader needed for the transition ahead...