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New Witch-Hunt Sear ches Chinese Philosophers Amid Soviet Rift
A William L. Ryan AP dispatch reports China’s Communist Party launching a purge to root out Soviet taint among scholars. Feng Ting, deputy chairman of Peking University’s philosophy dept, and Yan Hsien-chen face ideological doghouse charges over modern revisionism and alleged anti-Mao views. The campaign targets “anti-revolutionary” ideas and calls for unity against Moscow while signaling a broader purge of scholars deemed insufficiently loyal to party lines.
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