Word: hua
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...from being over, the struggle to succeed Mao Tse-tung may have just begun. Most China watchers thought the battle for power had been settled-at least temporarily-when Hua Kuo-feng was named Party Chairman and then moved decisively to purge Mao's widow Chiang Ch'ing and her radical "Gang of Four." But widespread protests against the radicals' purge have persisted in China (TIME, Jan. 10). Then came another mysterious shock. At ceremonies in Peking's T'ien An Men Square marking the first anniversary of the death of Premier Chou Enlai, there...
Potential Rival. In Hong Kong last week there were even rumors that Teng had actually been named Premier-the post he was expected to get after Chou's death. If that was true-or even if Teng was on the comeback trail-Hua's control of the government might be less secure than Sinologists had believed. Teng was not only the archenemy of Chiang Ch'ing's radicals, who last year organized a massive press campaign against this "capitalist reader," he was also a serious potential rival to Hua, who had denounced the tough, abrasive little...
...slanderers was Hua, who is Premier as well as Party Chairman. He had held Teng responsible for the unprecedented riots that erupted in T'ien An Men Square last April, after an earlier commemoration ceremony for Chou. Mourners had become enraged when militiamen removed flower wreaths laid in his honor at the Monument to the Martyrs of the Revolution. According to some reports, over 1,000 people were arrested in connection with the outbreak of violence. The riots were originally condemned as counterrevolutionary acts provoked by Teng and his supporters. In some posters last week, though, the riots were...
...early 1970s. Teng quickly acquired the jobs of Vice Premier, Politburo member, vice chairman of the party and chief of staff of the army. As Chou's strength ebbed, he became Peking's principal international spokesman. Most experts thought he would succeed Chou as Premier. Hua and the radicals-apparently with the blessing of the ailing Helmsman -blocked his way. A few months after Chou's death he was dismissed from his jobs and vilified in the press. When Hua accused him of the crime of counterrevolution, he may only barely have escaped the fate promised...
...figure of authority and the constant infighting within the bureaucracy have created the most explosive political crisis to face China since the Cultural Revolution of 1966-69. The vast might of the military makes a genuine civil war unlikely, but if lingering unrest and sporadic outbreaks of violence continue, Hua could be shunted aside by the army. His military backers may decide that they have put up the wrong man to deal with the post-Mao crisis, and turn their support to some stronger, more charismatic figure." Thus while 1977 may be a tough year for opponents of the regime...