Far from being over, the struggle to succeed Mao Tse-tung may have just begun. Most China watchers thought the battle for power had been settledat least temporarilywhen Hua Kuo-feng was named Party Chairman and then moved decisively to purge Mao's widow Chiang Ch'ing and her radical "Gang of Four." But widespread protests against the radicals' purge have persisted in China (TIME, Jan. 10). Then came another mysterious shock. At ceremonies in Peking's T'ien An Men Square marking the first anniversary of the death of Premier Chou Enlai, there were wall posters calling...
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