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Beijing sources say that Jiang Qing, 77, widow of Chairman Mao Zedong and ringleader of the infamous Gang of Four, committed suicide late last month. She is believed to have hanged herself at the suburban Beijing villa where she had been under virtual house arrest since her trial and conviction 10 years ago for helping to carry out the Cultural Revolution that bloodied China from 1966 to 1976. Jiang, who was known to have throat cancer, may have wished to cut short her suffering. Her death comes at an awkward time for the Beijing government, concerned just now with...
Cynthia L. Mao...
...thing, it's no Nixon. That work contained big, powerful set pieces: the Nixons' arrival in Peking aboard the Spirit of '76; the spellbinding banquet scene; a hallucinatory ballet; a tender aria for Pat and a hair raiser for Madame Mao. Instead, the new work takes its cue from Nixon's third act, a contemplative series of interlocking monologues that stripped the statesmen of their blue suits and Mao jackets and revealed them for the tired, nervous and scared human beings they were...
China is even further behind in the high-tech stakes. A commentator in the . military's Liberation Army Daily wrote of the gulf conflict, "We are seeing the warfare of the 21st century fought on the battlefield of today." The gulf battles were the antithesis of Mao Zedong's theories, which insisted that a "people's war" of massed armies would defeat any aggressor. Beijing began thinking about modernization recently, but with a defense budget of only $6.16 billion last year, it is hard pressed to deliver much more than basic equipment to its army of 3 million...
...many modern Chinese who fret about political malaise and economic stagnation, Mao symbolizes the promise of the '50s, when the leadership appeared to be incorruptible and struggle -- political and otherwise -- seemed to have a purpose. The new Mao cult has even imbued the Chairman with talismanic powers. In Guangdong province, truck drivers and shop owners display Mao posters, believing the image will ward off ill fortune and bring profits to their businesses -- an ironic twist for an anticapitalist who imposed radical egalitarianism on China...