Word: hua
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Meteoric Rise. Chou's successor has had a relatively meteoric rise. He is a native of Shansi province in northern China, where he joined the Communist Party. Hua went to Hunan prov ince as a minor party official about the time the Communists came to power in 1949. In the early 1950s, after gaining a reputation as an expert in agriculture, he was made party secretary in Mao's home county of Hsiang-t'an. Hua achieved brief nationwide notice by writing an article for Study magazine, the party's theoretical journal, on the changing class...
...Hua did not achieve true national prominence until 1971-the year in which Defense Minister Lin Piao tried to overthrow Mao. Hua reportedly led a purge of pro-Lin Piao elements in Hunan. Possibly as a reward for his services to the Chairman, he was called to Peking to run the secretariat of the State Council, handling, in particular, China's agricultural affairs. In 1973 he was elevated to the 22-member Politburo; early last year he became one of the country's twelve Vice Premiers and head of the Ministry of Public Security, China's extensive...
...stout six footer, Hua has a thoughtful and serious bearing. The few diplomats who have met him are impressed with his grasp of the issues and his skill in handling complex situations. Although he has had little experience in foreign affairs, Hua, while Acting Premier, was designated to conduct discussions with former President Richard Nixon in Peking last February. During those talks he was careful and cautious, often referring to briefing papers to explain the Chinese position. He confirmed the basic foreign policy guidelines set down by Chou Enlai: China's desire to normalize relations with...
...Hua has plenty of domestic problems to solve. One, certainly, is the danger of a recurrence of the T'ien An Men protests. That could easily happen if the radicals, who control China's press, continue to attack the reputation of Chou Enlai. Already there have been derogatory statements in some party journals that Chou's emphasis on turning China into a totally modernized state was revisionist. There have been recent reports of fighting between pro-and anti-Chou factions in Nanking and Canton...
...deeper level, Hua will have to deal with burning resentments and dissatisfactions in China that go far beyond the issue of Chou's reputation. Says Merle Goldman, professor of Chinese history at Boston University: "There is an underlying feeling in China that the values represented by Cultural Revolution-type policies are resented by the population." Last week's violence showed that many ordinary Chinese are irritated by Mao's radical style, particularly the perpetual, bullying disruptions in daily life caused by the Chairman's periodic ideological campaigns...