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Remember China's Ping Pong diplomacy? Its chief ambassador was Chuang Tse-tung, the three-time world table tennis champion (1961, 1963 and 1965) who is widely acknowledged to be one of the top players of all time. Chuang was dispatched with a Chinese team to the U.S. in 1972, as well as to Japan, Thailand and Malaysia, for the highly publicized matches that signaled Peking's desire to broaden its international ties...
Schell visited the people's republic early in 1976, in the last months before Mao Tse-tung's death. Since then, of course, there have been major changes: Mao's ideal of a permanent, dynamic revolution seems to have given way to a more bureaucratic regime, which seems to stress production, not producers. But--at least before Mao's death--China was unique in its emphasis on change rather than consolidation of power, and Schell was able to appreciate the subtleties of that approach more than most visitors...
Unlettered and unskilled, Lee compared himself favorably with the great men whose biographies he read, such as Mao Tse-tung and John F. Kennedy. He declared that in 20 years he himself would be President, or maybe Prime Minister, of the U.S. Such a rich fantasy life had to be concealed from the real world, so Lee became a compulsive liar and profoundly distrustful, like his mother. As McMillan points out, his personality made him an unlikely recruit in an assassination plot that would require accepting orders, obeying plans and working with coconspirators. Instead, she believes he acted alone...
...superior. Analysts believe that Teng Hsiao-p'ing is gunning for the commander, who is said to have opposed Teng's return to power. If so, there is little doubt of the outcome. In reports of a reception held last week for the 1,000 workers who built Mao Tse-tung's mausoleum, Teng was listed as No. 3 man in the Chinese hierarchy, while Ch'en had slid from fifth to 14th place...
...party propaganda. Although few dare openly challenge the mindless conformity imposed by the Communist regime, the spread of irreverent songs and jokes indicates that the Chinese sense of humor is irrepressible. One favorite device is to sing love lyrics, sotto voce, to the tune of solemn hymns to Mao Tse-tung...