Word: manchuria
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There are many other matters to which the Labour leaders might direct their curiosity. They might-if they can -seek out Kao Kang, who was the much-lauded ruler of Manchuria until this year he committed the unpardonable sin of "standing up against the party." Mr. Bevan should find this an enlightening interview. They might contrast the official announcement at the end of June that, "for the first time in many centuries," the peasants along the Huai river could now live without fear of floods, with the devastation that has since struck the area. They might raise the question...
China region (wealthy, industrial Manchuria), the only civilian regional boss, member of the Politburo and since January director of China's lagging Five-Year Plan. A fast riser, he is now considered to be riding for a fall...
...possible, avoiding Russia's mistakes. The first Five-Year Plan is Chinese Communism's big push. In ,its first year the successes that Communist propagandists claim are due chiefly to reaching top capacity in factories already built by their predecessors and by the Japanese in Manchuria. Now the conflict is really getting under...
...this matter, found themselves faced with a virtual fait accompli, and proposed a unified force (the beginnings of E.D.C.) as a compromise instead of a German army. The Korean War also illustrated the possible consequences of uni-lateral action. The situation that developed when General MacArthur wanted to bomb Manchuria resulted from U.S. failure to consult with the other U.N. powers. Britain felt that MacArthur was in complete control and was steering toward a major...
Land, houses and properties were taken from the upper classes, divided and parceled out to the lower. Then came the "mutual aid teams." In 1952 the reports showed that the party's cooperatives and aid program in Manchuria actually knocked production down. In 1953 the party shifted its ground, told Communist cadres to tone down "socialist education" and put production before all else. Result: production no better than 1952. The Chinese Nationalists on Formosa count the peasants' discontent among their greatest propaganda assets, are trying to nourish it with leaflets dropped from planes which cross to the mainland...