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...farms. The experiment set the nation back economically a full decade; yet last week the Red Chinese seemed to be gathering strength for another leap. The length and direction of the stride were far from clear in the murky prose pouring out of Peking. What was clear was that Mao Tse-tung was rallying Red China's 700 million people for another supreme effort of some sort, and behind it all was the full force of Peking's 2,500,000-man army...
...Chinese seem to feel that news, like eggs, improves with age. At any rate, the story was nine days old when it was bannered across Page One of every paper in Peking last week. CHAIR MAN MAO ENJOYS A SWIM IN THE YANGTZE, read the identical headlines. At an annual swimming meet on July 16 in the city of Wuhan, the 72-year-old "greatest leader of the people of the world" had trod "firmly" down the gangplank of a motor launch in the Yangtze, "with glowing ruddy cheeks and in buoyant spirits." There, in the presence of "tens...
...rest of Red China, it was quite an inspiration. In all units of the Chinese armed forces, shouts of "Long live Chairman Mao" rose from the ranks. One platoon leader, Liu Hsin-fa, breathlessly declared to his unit, "I saw Chairman Mao swimming. He is in excellent health!" With the typical enthusiasm of the enlisted man about such tidings, his buddies chorused, "We feel as happy as you do." Not to be outdone by the military, workers at the Harbin locomotive and rolling stock plant overfulfilled their quotas five to twelve hours ahead of schedule at the news...
Japanese writers who saw him at a reception before the swim agreed that Mao indeed seemed in excellent health. But they complained that their boats were located too far back to see him actually in the water. It was a great loss since, if he really did the nine miles in 65 minutes, it would be approximately four times as fast as the world's best-known ten-mile swimming record. So impressed was the president of the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation that he invited Mao to enter two long-distance races that his association will sponsor this...
...fourths of the 90-odd members of the national party's Central Committee have not been mentioned by press or radio for the past six months, and more and more China watchers are coming to believe that the reported purges reflect a far wider struggle to succeed ailing Mao Tse-tung. The faction currently in the ascendancy seems to be using its opportunity to junk allies of the losers, but among the gainers almost certainly is Defense Minister Lin Piao. Travelers recently returning to Hong Kong from China report having seen posters declaring "Long Live Chairman Mao! Long Live...