Word: piao
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...trip to investigate the status of women. Her talks with the wife of Chou En-lai spurred Chou to recommend to Chiang Ch'ing that she talk with Witke too. The subsequent interviews ranged from political intrigue and Mme. Mao's version of the downfall of Lin Piao to her admiration for Garbo and Chaplin...
...Hall of the People. The leaders' search for a haven against Lin Piao's conspiracy to overthrow Chairman Mao had not been revealed to outsiders before this moment, she added...
...that painting. Artistic statement on paper becomes not only legible, in a calligraphic sense, but tangible. The bamboo leaves in groups of three in Tao'chi's work, "Orchid, Bamboo and Rock," form the ancient character "Ko" meaning bamboo--the painting is also a sort of poem. Cha Shih Piao's "River Landscape in Rain" is also more than a visual experience; its wetness drenches the worlds of painting and perception...
...achieve true national prominence until 1971-the year in which Defense Minister Lin Piao tried to overthrow Mao. Hua reportedly led a purge of pro-Lin Piao elements in Hunan. Possibly as a reward for his services to the Chairman, he was called to Peking to run the secretariat of the State Council, handling, in particular, China's agricultural affairs. In 1973 he was elevated to the 22-member Politburo; early last year he became one of the country's twelve Vice Premiers and head of the Ministry of Public Security, China's extensive but little-known...
...PIAO. Like Liu Shao-ch'i, he was officially designated Mao's heir apparent, but these days, Lin Piao shares with Liu the distinction of being the chief villain of practically every poster campaign in China. Born in 1907 in Hupei province, Lin Piao spent virtually his entire career in the Red Army after he helped to form it in 1927, and he succeeded P'eng as Defense Minister in 1959. He was the chief proponent of Mao's "cult of personality" during the Cultural Revolution, as editor of the "Little Red Book" of selected quotations...