Word: wu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Eugene Wu, librarian of the Harvard--Yen hing library, said that they, too, had been severely restricted by the combined effect of inflation and devaluation. They have been forced to cancel numerous subscriptions to Japanese periodicals, and are unable to purchase many of the Japanese books they want. Japanese publications have risen 40 to 50 per cent in the past few months...
While Chinese and Korean publications have not risen as dramatically in price, Wu said, they are still much more expensive than last year...
...evidence that the radical-moderate feud has heated up. Over the past two weeks, posters have appeared on walls within view of the municipal office building accusing "Official XX" of "keeping the lid" on the anti-Confucius campaign. The target is believed to be Peking's top official, Wu Teh, a moderate and a supporter of Premier Chou Enlai. However, the moderates struck back with posters defending "Official XX." They denounced the authors of the earlier posters as "bad elements" who "indulge in fabrication, lies and calumny...
Veiled Criticism. If Wu Teh is toppled, the radicals will have scored an important victory against the moderates and-by implication-against Chou himself. The Premier's increasing absence from public events seems to indicate that he is trying to stay out of the line of fire...
Observers believe that the veiled criticism of Wu Teh is especially significant because the first major casualty of the Cultural Revolution of 1966-69 was Peng Chen, who was then the mayor of Peking. Nonetheless, few experts are prepared to predict that a new fullblown Cultural Revolution is in the offing. It is assumed that Mao, whose acquiescence would be needed for a new ultraradical campaign, does not want China's economic development or foreign policy damaged by the kind of bloody disruptions that marked the Cultural Revolution...