Word: lin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...riding a Chinese dragon boat. Individually, it is the fourth time for Mao, followed by Premier Chou En-lai (three times), President Liu Shao-chi and Foreign Minister Chen Yi, all three of whom are now under attack. Our last China cover reported the rise of Defense Minister Lin Piao, who so far seems untouched in the power struggle. The story analyzed the phenomenon of the Red Guards, whose "raucous voices could well be the death rattle of a revolution," and concluded: "Like all revolutions, China's has reached a point of critical decision...
...pamphlets; it was, for example, the Toronto Globe and Mail's David Oancia who discovered the Mao challenge last week. But though reports often clashed in detail, they left little doubt that the height of the battle was approaching between Mao and his hand-picked heir, Marshal Lin Piao, on the one hand, and the more pragmatic and liberal Politburo faction headed by Chinese President Liu Shao-chi on the other. The Yugoslav news agency Tan-yug reported that Peking was "flooded with posters and cartoons of a sinister nature, depicting numerous Chinese leaders"-and not forgetting to include...
...still being fought with words-thousands upon thousands of them. Most of them deal in sharp vilification of the villains opposing Mao's revolution, or make an effort to arouse indignation and sympathy for Mao and thus broaden the base of mass support that he and Lin Piao must command to make their purge of China successful. The attacks are based on the deeply orthodox belief that the teachings of Mao contain all truth-and that to question or oppose them in any way is to become a heretic who must be exorcised from the body of the faithful...
...Shanghai in the 1930s. In the last two months, she has emerged from 25 years of obscurity to take over the cultural direction of the revolution. Last week, along with revolutionary Cheerleader and close Mao Intimate Chen Pota, she seemed to be running things in Peking, while Mao and Lin were in Shanghai...
...Central Committee yesterday called for the army's support in the current struggle; This reflects both the seriousness of the crisis, and Mao' confidence that they army is on his side. The military's loyalty to Lin, a popular Defense Minister, should keep the country together, barring unpredictable events...