Word: peitaiho
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...even classless China is exempt from the new elitism. After Mao's 1949 triumph, Chinese Communist leaders immediately moved into villas expropriated from capitalist tycoons and, among other things, designated Peitaiho, one of the country's best seaside resorts, as their exclusive playground. Chauffeured cars ferry the wives of high-ranking Chinese cadres to exclusive shops and their
...moment affairs, apparently because his doctors never know when he will be strong enough to take the strain of a visit. Last week he had an unscheduled meeting with Mrs. Ferdinand Marcos, wife of the Philippine President. A few weeks ago, he went to the seaside resort of Peitaiho, 170 miles from the capital, to meet Togolese President Etienne Eyadéma, but most of the time he remains behind the thick walls of the old Forbidden City. Premier Chou Enlai, 76, Mao's versatile organization man, has spent most of the past two months in the hospital with...
...over civilian institutions. Lin "didn't believe that he could really succeed to the leadership," but "afraid that his designs had been exposed," he then had his son Lin Li-kno, deputy head of the air force's operations department, send a British-made Trident aircraft to Peitaiho, a resort town some 150 miles from Peking...
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