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...trip to China was a strategic gambit of vast importance. At the depth of the Cold War, Richard Nixon and Zhou Enlai saw how china and America could work together. America's involvement with china strengthened the hand of those who sought to turn away from the excesses of Maoism, including Zhou's heir, Den Xiaoping. Almost until the time of his death, Nixon sought to do what he could to maintain good relations between these two great nations...
There is no evidence that Mao Zedong knew cannibalism was being practiced during the Cultural Revolution. When Premier Zhou Enlai heard about the crimes in Guangxi, he ordered party officials to put a stop to them. Nonetheless, according to Zheng, amid the anarchy of the times cannibalism apparently persisted in Guangxi. "I believe Zheng's story," says Perry Link, a professor of Chinese at Princeton. "He's a writer of integrity, and the rich detail has the ring of authenticity." Chinese officials now disclaim any knowledge of the practice. Said a Public Security official in Beijing: "I've never heard...
...attempt to stop dissidents from aidingthe movement, Chinese officials arrested Zhou ashe was organizing a press conference to call forthe release of Tiananmen Square prisoners...
...economic stability might disrupt themovement, Zhou said in an interview with the SouthChina Morning Post Monday. "Many intellectualsfeel that taking this road [economic growthwithout political reform] is not a bad thing,"Zhou said...
...Zhou is one of more than a dozen Chinesedissidents to study at Harvard. Gao Xin, who alsonegotiated with Chinese troops at Tiananmen, was aguest scholar last year