IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Chinese executions Over to you, Uncle Joe

Socialist Challenge No. 22, 17 November 1977 · p. 12 of the scan · 614 words

The scan: sc-n22-nov-17-1977.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 12 of the scan

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JL WOIS TID SUEDELSCELEN BIRLE SELECTIVE Hong Kong business community enthusiastically haçked the Gov.

CIAL WAUT OL dEalIL that it comined with selective discip espousal of Law and order is a dis Donsder ss when such a crucial part of the use But the problem would not go officers scormed che colonial administraThe Goverment is now caucht herpeer the masses. whi wanl the criminals brought k this finding ilselt without any polic wifizen fir gressing which RECENT reports from China indicate an imiportam change in the traditional methods of sertiin holisand of eenceos or political differences. opposinonts are more remin iscent of the Soviet Union in Stalin's heyday than the relative moderation of Mao's China The scale and charter of the violace remains Hast been mo of cial or. Thin- There toll or the sports, which are based on what visitors have been able to glean from wall posters . the recent announcement of the convention of the National People's Coderess next spring was accompanied by none toc warings le some bad According to the wall posters, current executions are part OL LOC COULIEU TIE GEELS sheppar. No doubl heat rat "gang four" icals are a prime target, hut thi purges are a way of settlin other scores with dissidents an -TOE instance, Li 1-ch, the author of a Camous wall poster onacking thi beere inpris l e orad NICHOLE imprisoned. would be his independent stance The significance of the purge is marks a more Stalinist methods.

CEDAC BAVE ETH HOUCR CULL the thoms in the past, but hardly ever as a way of seccling inner-party disputes. wao s mecnod was thi Not sections ol the mass movement against his opponents in ine bureaucracy, with a lai more selective use of organisational methods.

The last major artempe co dr - the Cubural Revolution hackfired The mysterkus death of Lin Pino marked the beginning af a turn away from the masser as a way of resolving CHENG CHAO-LIM — not heara of aince 1934 hureaucratic differences. the deach of Mao there ls no LEC VACEER CORTO IES COT mand cough support amon the masses lo dare to unleas Enem upon the pourcal scone One croup of vicins of the Chinese regime wha have receis CU HEC DECIE ATC lECIT universary arist or two or lhe luodro of them who have since dis appeared without trace The only cxoeption is Chem Chao-lin, a founder of both the Chinese Communist Party ang LtOsK SoTerial was known to be alive and still in jail as late as 1974, Ironicall Chene was an bow rehabilitated Tens Heiso-ping, As Orret Henson pointad out n a recent article in The Guardin it was Teng'r influence in 197 WICA Was DiDi Ine HEASL for several hundrod people des cribed as PENEDE PAT CHEMI tend ro his old comrade Chen ESIS TIL SCOL S TEMEIEYL Iw r 3 to va aus CIC TRAL E DEIS DUD R TIS has died since he was last beard

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