Eternal glory to Comrade Chou Enlai, great proletarian revolutionary of the Chinese people and outstanding Communist fighter!
So, in part, read the official announcement issued last week by Hsin-hua, the Chinese press agency. Soon after, it appeared again on the black-bordered front page of Peking's People's Daily; it was broadcast, preceded by solemn music, every half-hour on radio stations throughout China. In Peking, the elevator girl in an office building used by foreign journalists burst into tears when she heard the news. Headlines appeared in...
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