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that the United States will “provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive character” and
“maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resort to force or other forms of
coercion that would jeopardize the security, or the social or economic system, of the people
on Taiwan.” The terms of the Act treat Taiwan as a “country”, in contravention to the
principles agreed upon by the United States and China and of the commitment made by the
United States when it established diplomatic relations with China. P. 369
151 George Bush (1924- ), an American Republican, served as Chief of the U.S. Liaison
Office in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China from 1974 to 1975. He was President of
the United States of America from 1989 to 1993. P. 369
152 A reference to Deng Xiaoping, Zhao Ziyang, Li Xiannian and Chen Yun. P. 373
153 “Three supports and two military’s” refers to the practice during the “cultural
revolution” of sending members of the People’s Liberation Army to support those of the
masses who were considered the Left at that time, to support industry and support agriculture,
to institute military control over some localities, departments and units, and to give military
training to students. P. 375
154 In accordance with the Central Committee’s call to build a socialist civilization which
is culturally and ideologically advanced and with the particular characteristics of the army,
the General Political Department of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army put forward the
slogan known as the “four haves, three stresses and two defy’s” in its February 1981
“Instructions on Strengthening the Youth Work in the Army”. That is, “To have lofty ideals,
moral integrity, knowledge and a strong physique; to stress appearance and bearing, manners,
and sense of discipline; and to defy hardships and sacrifice”. In January 1983, in keeping
with the formulations in the documents of the Party’s Twelfth National Congress on the
building of a socialist civilization which is culturally and ideologically advanced, the content
of the slogan was revised to read as follows: “To have lofty ideals, moral integrity, general
education and sense of discipline; to stress appearance and bearing, manners, and hygiene;
and to defy hardships and sacrifice.” PP. 154, 388, 400
155 Liu Lanbo (1904-82), a native of Fengcheng, Liaoning Province, was then Minister of
Electric Power Industry and secretary of its leading Party group. P. 378
156 Deng Xiaoping raised the question of reducing the average age of army cadres in his
“Report on the Current International and Domestic Situation” made on January 11, 1964,
at an army-wide conference on political work. He pointed out that this question concerns the
whole country and our basic principles; that the contingent of cadres should constantly take
in fresh blood, and new successors; and that those communists who are relatively young and
politically sound should be trained as successors for our revolutionary cause. P. 379
157 The reference is to the opinions on selecting and promoting young and middle-aged
cadres which Chen Yun put forward in his article “To Promote and Train Young and
Middle-Aged Cadres Is a Task of Top Priority” (May 8, 1981) and “Promote Tens of
Thousands of Young and Middle-Aged Cadres” (July 2, 1981). Their main content was that,
thenceforth, thousands and tens of thousands of young and middle-aged cadres should be
promoted and trained; they should be people around 40 or 50, and most of them should be
around or under 40; they should have political integrity and professional competence, and
no factionalists or persons who had indulged in beating, smashing and looting during the
“cultural revolution” should be promoted to leading positions. P. 393
158 The movement against the “three evils” (corruption, waste and bureaucracy) was
carried out from the end of 1951 to October 1952 in government departments, army units
and state-owned enterprises. P. 394
159 The movement against the “five evils” (bribery, tax evasion, theft of state property,
cheating on government contracts and stealing of economic information) was launched in
1952 in capitalist industrial and commercial enterprises. P. 394