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Perception is reality. It has long been an axiom for soldiers. "All warfare is based on deception," said Sun Tzu, the great 4th century B.C. Chinese strategist whose prize pupil turned out to be Mao Tse-tung. The Greeks understood that principle when they set sail from Troy, leaving behind only a large wooden horse. Macduff knew it when he disguised his soldiers with branches from Birnam Wood as they marched against Macbeth. In World War II, the Allies created a phantom First U.S. Army Group, outfitted with rubber tanks and canvas landing barges (courtesy of the Shepperton movie studios...
...personality cult has developed, but it is clear that Deng is being placed on a pedestal almost as high as the one once reserved for Mao Tse-tung. Just as the publication of Mao's Little Red Book heralded the beginning of his near deification, the release in July of Deng's Selected Works drew well-publicized congratulatory messages from across the country. Two million copies were sold on the first day, and the press later revealed that the print run had been increased to 40 million copies...
...Communist Boss Mao Tse-tung had won the war; he could dictate the terms of peace. What Mao wanted was power to put China in the Communist bloc. That he already had. He could proceed along the path of compromise and coalition certain that, with Chiang's passing, the back of anti-Communist resistance in China had been broken...
...joint order of the day, Communist Boss Mao Tse-tung and Communist Commander in Chief Chu-teh said: "Advance boldly, resolutely, thoroughly; cleanly and completely annihilate all . . . in China who dare to resist...
...alleged connections with the purged radical faction, the Gang of Four; of lung cancer; in Peking. A worldly, seasoned diplomat and close ally of the late Premier Chou Enlai, Guanhua, was known for his wide-ranging intelligence and acerbic wit. Because of his ties with Mao Tse-tung's widow, Gang of Four Leader Jiang Qing, Guanhua became one of the highest-ranking officials sidelined by the new government of pragmatists that rose to power after Mao's death...