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...train; and Liuying, trampled to death saving a group of children from stampeding horses. These stalwarts are celebrated in story and song throughout China as worthy examples for study and emulation. Recently, a new hero has joined the roster. His name is Chang Yu-liang, whose deed far beyond-and below-the call of duty began on the Dairen sports ground. Chang was chatting with some friends when he heard cries for help. The People's Daily describes what happened next...
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Life was not easy for Chiang Kai-shek's mother, Wang Tsai-yu, a simple peasant woman who was widowed early and did embroidery to send her promising son to academies in Paoting and Tokyo, Japan. When she died in 1921, the fast-rising young Chiang matched her devotion by building her an elaborate tomb in the eastern China mountain village of Chikow, where the family lived. Last week, calling her memorial a "source of poison in Chinese society," an official Peking report joyfully revealed that members of the Red Guards had attacked the tomb and razed...
...three, all of whom were removed from their posts, were important men indeed: General Yang Chengwu, who as acting chief of the general staff had been second only to Lin Piao in the military hierarchy; General Yu Li-chin, the political commissar of China's air force; and General Fu Chung-pi, commander of the army's vital Peking garrison. All three had taken an active part in the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution that has been tearing China apart, and all three were appointed to their jobs by Lin Piao...