Word: mao
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...names have been more closely linked in Communist propaganda than those of Soviet Russia's Joseph Stalin and Red China's Mao Tse-tung. One of the first questions raised by First Party Secretary Khrushchev's exposure of Stalin as an egomaniac and mass murderer last February was, How does this affect Mao? Last week, gathered for the eighth National Party Congress in their history, the first since 1945, Chinese Communists let it be known that the "cult" of Mao's "personality" was ended, but that Mao was still their august leader...
...bunting that decorated Peking's vast, Red-built Magnanimity Hall were the customary huge portraits of the party leader. Only four Western newsmen were permitted to report on the proceedings, and they were briefed in a clubroom 2½-miles distant. Communist journals avoided lavish praise of Mao, emphasized instead his record as a "collective leader." No actual down grading of Mao was involved, however, nor did this represent any contraction of his real power. The Chinese leaders were merely deferring to the pattern suggested by their Soviet brethren, a pattern explained in person to the Chinese Reds...
Confidence Unbounded. For all that, the Chinese Reds were feeling a little boastful after their seven years in power. If there was a dominating characteristic, it was confidence. "We have achieved great successes in every field," said Mao. Added Presidium Member Liu Shao-chi, the party's No. 2 man and reigning theorist: "Our party, under the leadership of the Central Committee headed by Comrade Mao Tse-tung, has not made any mistake in its line during the past 25 years." Public Security Minister Lo Jui-ching, who between 1950 and 1955 had directed the greatest mass liquidation...
TRADER GENTILI Profits from Mao, cash for Nenni...
Metals & Machines. Last spring Gentili shepherded to China a party of top industrialists, including some from the huge Montecatini chemical group and the Farmitalia agricultural implements combine. They closed $15 million in contracts for the sale of fertilizer, rayon and other nonstrategic items. Regally received by Mao Tse-tung and Chou Enlai, Gentili himself won agreements for the export of strategic metals, machinery and tractors -if and when Italy lifts her embargo on strategic exports to China. Gentili is now busily lining up export-hungry Italian businessmen to try to do just that...