Word: mao
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Mao Tse-tung...
...seizing livestock. On at least two occasions, the Chinese invaders fought pitched battles against Indian border guards before withdrawing. ¶Red Chinese thugs are waylaying and robbing Hindu pilgrims on the way to the headwaters of the sacred river Ganges, at Gangotri, on India's northern border. ¶ Mao Tse-tung's warlords are grabbing the bulk of India's trade with Tibet, beating, murdering and exacting protection money from Indian merchants who try to compete...
...Chinese are building all-weather, heavy-traffic roads across the mountains, linking their garrisons; they are opening Lhasa, the Forbidden City, to China proper and to Russia. Peking newspapers now reach Lhasa in ten days; before Mao they took several months. One 1,400-mile road starts from Sinkiang, at the edge of Russia, and curves through Tibet parallel to the Indian frontier (see map). From this strategic cord, side roads will point toward every major pass of the Himalayan mountains. The Chinese Communists are also laying down airfields in western Tibet, using Russian engineers and Russian equipment...
...China. Undismayed by Peking's stony refusal to give full recognition to Her Majesty's government, Britain insists on recognizing Mao Tse-tung, wants his representative to take Nationalist China's seat (with veto) on the U.N. Security Council. The British argument: all governments in power should be recognized, not matter how they gained power or how they behave. Britain hopes to encourage Mao to become a Tito. The U.S. believes that recognition will vastly increase Red China's prestige and help to fasten Communism on all of Asia...
...hour-long explanation, a Swiss pointed emphatically at his watch. The Indian chairman told the explainer, "Hurry up." At this note of friendship, the P.W. serenaded the explainer, beating his feet on the floor in rhythm. "March together," he sang, "against the Communist pigs. Death to the traitor Mao." The Indian listened, half amused, then gently told the guards, "Tell him to stop singing now. He did not come here to sing." Five minutes later, the Indian snapped to the explainer, "That's enough...