Word: mao
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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NOBODY really knows precisely what is happening in China. But it is journalism's job to find out as much as possible about one of the great stories of the decade, if not the century. That is why Mao Tse-tung is on our cover this week...
...principal members of this embattled cast of characters have appeared on our covers before (this is our 15th on China since the Communists seized power in 1949). Some were shown collectively three years ago, 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...
Apparecently be hopes, even expects, that day will come that tell of peasant and leaders battling the enemy until the leader dies, whereupon the peasants pick up the banner and fight on even more fervently. Mao accepts the first part of the story as his fate; China stagers today because be worries that the second part will not come true...
...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...
...such event is the Vietnam war. Observers disagree upheaval. They also disagree on which faction is more one in China is particularly sanguine about the, war factories, and the countryside," a thorough house cleaning before becoming involved in any direct military clash. In Mao's eyes, a fight with the United States is inevitable anyway. He apparently dreams old romantic dreams, like his friend in Taiwan, and sees himself waiting in the his with his nation's youth to snipe the American army to death-as it marches...