Evening star., 1954-11-01
Peiping Communists Anxious
For More Trade With West


situation in Peiping's favor.
Nehru is known to feel the world
hovers close to disaster while the
United States with its 7th Fleet
continues to deny what Peiping
considers its right to ''liberate"
the Chang Kai-shek stronghold.
Played On Nehru's Fears.
The Indian premier's fears are
something on which his hosts
played by emphasizing their de-
termination to take Formosa re-
gardless Of the consequences.
Nehru for his part needs to
establish just how much infiu-
ence Russia enjoys in all this.
While Asian Communists con-
tinue to denounce the United
States economic and military aid
in this hemisphere as foreign
imperialism, China, in Western
eyes. is still part Of the Soviet
bloc.
The big question then is: To
what extent are 600 million Chi
nese. indirectly controlled from
Moscow? With the bitter expert
ence Of the past nine years,
during which half Of Europe
vanished into Communist twi-
light, the West remains sus-
picious and Nehru probably
talked bluntly about these ap-
prehensions.
But he also had in mind that
the Chinese mainland has been
too long divorced from Western
contacts. XouhS chinese Com
munists, sent to East Europe
have returned impressed by de-
velopments there because they
have no other yardstick than
their own experiences as down
trodden peasants in a terribly
backward and oppressed land.
Geneva Visit Opened Eyes.
Their brief taste Of Western
standards gained in Switzerland
during the Geneva conference
did, however, opened some Of
fetal eyes and from this stems
for instance, their tolerance OF
this manifestly Western re-
porter's idiosyncracies..
Within obvious limits, I have
sought evidence Of Russia's hand
in Chinese affairs. Most power.
full are sentimental ties. The
Chinese who seem to me pleased
to have a strong and uncor-
rupted government for the first
time are grateful for Soviet helr
in their revolution.
Politically, the bond with Rus
sia needs no elaboration, Fol
the Communist party ruling In
China has four men who alone
count. They are chairman Mac
Tse-tung. who until recently
held all effective power; Liu
Shao-chi, who now possesses
nearly half of it; Gen. (The
Bear) Chu Teh, who as chief OF
armed forces controls the re-
gime's backbone; and Premier
Chou En-lai who though con-
sidered number two by the West
really is low man on the totem
pole.
The rising star in this quartette
Is Liu Shao Chi. who as the
party theoretician has no quar-
rels with Russian Communist
party policies.
Russian Experts In Country.
There are estimated to be D
few thousand Russian experts
scattered throughout China, moi
o lot for so vast q country
though more than were here q
year ago.
Most are engaged In construc-
ton Of 141 factories, promised
China by the Soviet Union oi
which several are completed II
Manchuria and as I saw for N.Y.
self are now run entirely By
Chinese.
The biggest concentration Oi
Russians Is here In Peiping where
they live lnoStentatiously, their
families are hilleted around thu
city or In . newly built hotel
within the legation quarter kept
exclusively for their use.
They have their own restau-
rants. recreation centers and
clinics and q special school fol
their children. They do moi
propagandize through Russian-
stated reading books but tributes
to Soviet leadership" are voiced
In oil speeches and In many
Chinese publications.
Three Categories Of Russians.
There are three categories oi
Russians in China. Military ad-
visers are rarely seen. Technical
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