January 26, 1979 ,.,,].r#**"ry € Sino-American Relations Enter a New Stage CHRONNCN,E Jan. 14 Premier Hua Guofeng sends a message to Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Executive Com- Vol. 22, No. 4 lonuory 26, 1979 mittee of the Paiestine Liberation Organiza- tion, greeting the opening of the 14th Pales- tinian National Councit meeting in Damascus. Thi message reaffirms China's support for the struggle of the Palestinian and other Arab people for the CONTENTS recovery of their national rights and occupied lands, and denounces the policy of aggression and expan- CHEONICLE sion pursued by the Israeli Zionists. EVENIS & TRENDS Jan. 18 The Chinese Foreign Ministry sends a note to Bosic Toski Work of Porty's Propogondo the Vietnamese Embassy in China strongly protest- Science ond Democrocy ing against the Vietnamese authorities' continued ciispatching of armed personnel to encr6ach upon New Experimentol Forms Chinese territory leading to new bloodshed. The note demands that the Vietnamese authorities Whot the Peosonts Reolly Wont immediately stop violating Chinese territorial sov- ereignty. It stresses Vietnamese ls lt Sofe to Keep People in o "Sofe"? that if the authorities ignore the warnings of the Chinese Gov- Policy Towords Descendonts of Londlords ernment and continue their military provocations on ond Rich Peosonts the Chinese-Vietnamese border, the Vietnamese Gorernment will be held responsible for all the c(lnsequences arising therefrom. SPECIAT FEATURE Reminiscences ond Prospects: Growth of Jan. l9 the Friendship Between Chinese ond The Chinese Foreign Ministry sends a note to Americon People-Wong Bingnon 9 the \tietndrnese Embassy in China denouncing the ' Vietnamese authorities for exploiting the forced, My Doys in Woshington Huong Zhen 13 - temporary suspension of traffic on the Sino-Viet- n€mese The note points Chinese Journolists' Views: lmpressions of railway to slander China. out that the stoppage is wholly the making of the the United Stotes 16 Vietnamese side. It demands that the Vietnamese Vignettes of Sino-Americon Friendship 20 authorities stop all their illegal activities on the Chinese side of the Sino-Vietnamese border railway junction, provocations ARTICTES & DOCUMENTS stop all armed against China and desist from all encroachments on China's sov- Science ond Superstition Li Honglin 23 ereignty and territorial integrity. World Opinion: Big ond- Smoll Hegemon- ism Denounced 25 Jan. 20 Premier Hua meets with Dr. C.A. Van der ROUND THE WORLD 28 Klaauw, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands. They exchange views on bilateral reiations and inter- ON THE HOME FRONT 30 national issues of common concern. COVER: Amenicon gymnost welcoming her Chi- nese colleogue (1973). Published every Frldoy by BEIJING REVIEW, Beijing (37), Chino Post Olfice Registrotion No. 2-9?2 Printed in the People's Republic of Chino :/. : r', :a.. :':n **f..&q€ffi-B#J€*€e::Hti.:::':.:.ii=.::::i:li i:FS,rlii15*ffi54;:i3=*FJ: i?|*{1.!:'r'r-'iiii.;r:ra"rld, Basic Tasks ol Party's be given credit for the good Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and work they have done. Mao Zedong. We must there- Propaganda tork fore apply the universal truth of IIow to Fulfil the Tasks. An Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong With the foeus of the Party's Ribao on editorial by Renmin Thought to studying and analys- work shifted to socialist mod- the meeting raised the following ernization, the basic tasks of ing these problems and draw- points to ensure the accom- ing new conclusions. Otherwise propaganda wbrk are: Closely plishment of the basic tasks. link the universal truth of we cannot succeed in our great Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Study the Works oI Marx, cause. Thought to the great practice of Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao At present, some cpmrades the four modernizations, study Zedorg. We must not, at any in the propaganda departments and solve new problems, do our time, depart from the universal prefer to steer clear of the best to ensure that ideological truth of Marxism-Leninism- ideologieal problems actually and theoretical work moves Mao Zedong Thought, and must confronting the people. There ahead of practical work, push continue to combat any revision are, however, many ideological Mao Zedong Thought forward of Marxism from both the and theoretical problems among and accelerate the pace of "Left" and the Right. Owing to the people, and they have dif- socialist modernization. the faet that for a long time fering views concerning the pseudo-Marxists like Lin Biao Hu Ydobang, Member of the way things were done in the and the "gang of four" usurped Political Bureau and Director of past. Moreover, there were in the leadership of propaganda the Propaganda Department of the past some statements or depa.rtments, many people, es- the Central Committee of the decisions which did not conform pecially the young, uncon- Chinese Communist Party, made to the actual situation. But sciously regarded their revision- these points at a meeting of comrades doing propaganda ism as Marxism. This must be heads of propaganda depart- work dare not take up these duly corrected. ments of provincial, municipal questions or, if. they do, they and autonomous regional Party Face Reality, Study New equivocate and never commit committees, which closed on Situation, Solve New Problems. themselves. These comrades January 11. Many new problems will crop should pluck up courage, up in the course of moderniza- shatter the ideological shackles Achievemdnts in Past Two tion, for which we cannot find imposed by Lin Biao and the Years. Since the downfall of ready answers in the works of "gang of four," and make ef. the "gang of four" in October 1976, tremendous success has been achieved in criticizing the pserldo-revolutionary acts of Lin Biao and the gang and restoring the true nature of Mar:<ism- Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought. Questions of right and wrong concerning ideology, theory and policy, which were distorted, have now been clarified. With the ernancipation of the peoplels minds, a lively atmosphere has emerged throughout the codntry. In this respect, the propaganda d6partments of Party commit- tees at various levels, including those engaged in theoretical work, publication, art and lit- Modern industry in an old province: An iron and steel com- erature and the press, should plex in the rising inrlustrial city bf Dukou in Sichuan, t for ts to clear up those mislead- comrades. were persecuted. Hu few years, which adversely af- ing slogans which were preva- Yaobang pointed out at the fected the all-round develop- lent for more than a decade and meeting that Chairman Mao's ment of forestry, animal hus- which did great harm to our revolutionary line had always, bandry, 'side-line occupations theoretical and practical work. held the dominant position in and fishery. In many places, the work of the old Propaganda mulberry and fruit treies were Give Scope to Democracy. Department and on the propa- felled at nandom, bamboo groves Propaganda departments of ganda front as a whole in the were demolished and fish ponds the Party committees must years before the Cultural were filled in, all for the alleged encourage the impiementation Revolution. He stressed that purpose of expanding cropland. of the principle of "letting this department had been very The c'onsequences were deplor- a hundred schools of thought helpful to the Party doing able. contend and a hundred flowers in ideoloqical work. Participants blossom." They should uphold The blind and mechanical way in the meeting enthusiastically the principle of "three nots" of doing things prescribed by supported this decision of the not catching others' fault and the "gang of four" has been - Party Central Committee. blowing it up later, not putting gradggrlly done away with since labels on people and not using its downfall. Respect for science the big stick. Some comrades $cience and Denocraay and objective conditions and were accustomed to using the democratic discussions to solve Is it a hard and fast rule that "wiII and intentions of any problem are once again the loess highlands along the superiors" as the yardstick to getting the upper hand. middle reaches of the Huanghe distinguish between right and River (Yellow River) in north- wrong, and very oftbn a passing Last November, Renmin west China must be planted to Riboo published articles remark by a superior spelt two by food crops? A few years ago, scientists who maintained fortune or disaster for a com- that no one dared to raise this ques- stoak-breeding forestry, rade and success or failure for and tion, but now it is being dis- rather than the cultivation of a literary work. There was cussed openly in the press. no chance whatsoever for crops, are more suitable for the hilly and sandstorm-ridden those concerned to set forth 'Take grain as the key link areas along the middle reaches their own views. This is and ensure an all-round devel- of the Huanghe River where an abnormal phenomenon in opment." That policy was put 24 million people live. This inner-Party life which must be forward by Comrade Mao Ze- was followed by further done' away with right away. dong for developing China's discussions in Guangming Comrades doing propaganda agriculture. It's undoubtedly Ribao, a newspaper in Beijing work must go among the masses correct for the nation as a devoted mainly to'culture and and help solve problems through whole. If efforts are not made science. More and more people democratic discussion, reason- to increase grain production in are taking part in the discus- ing and persuasion. the first place to feed B00 mil- sions which are still going on. lion people, the growth of the "Palace of King of Heil" Is a national economy would be out Many scientists have cited Slander.