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Mao purge widens as Red China stages cultural upheaval
AP by John Roderick reports a May poster attack at Peking University accusing Lu Ping of defying Mao thought. The article chronicles Mao era power struggles, Chiang Ching’s influence, and the purge widening from Red Guards to factory and farm crackdowns, with Lin Piao and the army shaping control as Liu Shao-chi remains a focal target.
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John Roderick
TOKYO
Red
China
Nieh Yuan-Tze
Peking University
Lu Fing
Mao Tse-fung
Republic
Chou
Nieh
Miss Nieh
Peking
Liu Shao-chi
Mao
Chiang Ching
Liu
Party
Red China
Peng Chen
Pekjing
Li Hsueh- Feng
Peng
Wu Teh
Lu Ping
Liao
Lin Piao