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Wednesday, March 7, 1979
University Dally Kansan
China shifts called upsetting
Staff Reporter
By GENE LINN
Disco dancing and a desire for democracy are two by-products of a political and cultural shift in China. Chinese leaders, Roxane Wike, a lecturer in the KU Humanities Lecture Series, said
However, she told about 150 people in Woodruff Auditorium that the relaxation was crucial for the success of the "four modernizations" program being promoted.
The program is designed to modernize China's industry, agriculture, technology and sciences and national defense by the year 2000.
In connection with the modernization of dance, children are encouraged to the people to "encantate their that has led to undesirable consequences such as disco dancing and a desire for more.
"The Chinese need brainpower for scholarly work and research to help the modernization drive, so they are encouraging intellectuals to study and work," said Witke, who has a doctorate in Chinese history.
SHE SAID Chinese leaders were blaming "the gung of four" for China's backwardsness.
"The gang of four" is madeup of leaders
who were close to former Party Chairman Mae Tse-tung from about 1968 to 1976 when Mae died, Witke said. The gang was purged soon after Mae died.
Wike has written a book, "Comrade Chiang Ching," which resulted from a series of revealing interviews with one of the "gang of four." Mae's wife, Chiang Ch'inz.
"The 'gang of four' is blamed for everything from bad restaurant service to cheating on the bank."
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Witke said China's lack of economic and cultural progress was due to several factors, including natural disasters, mismanagement by the "gang of four" and Mao and an energy-consuming campaign against the "gang of four."
to foreigners' apartments late at night to dance, "Witke said.
"THE NEWSPAPERS condemn 'dance fever' and say that modernization is not going to be accomplished by fancy foot-work."
Except for clandestine disco dancing, the influx of foreign culture is carefully controlled by China's Ministry of Culture, she said.
"It's exactly the same thing the Chinese tried to do in the late 19th century when they tried to keep foreign technology but tried to keep out foreign ideas that would undermine Chinese culture."
However, controlling the exposure of the Chinese people to Western political ideas had been difficult.
Wikie said the "democracy wall" that has flourished in Peking for several months has featured wall posters calling for the free election of officials and for human rights in China.
"Officials have criticized some wall poster writers for going too far," Witke said. "It will be interesting to see what will happen if the group's Rights group that has sprung up in China.
'Whether Chinese leaders can maintain their tight political control and still bring about great material changes is one of the most important questions for China in the 20th century.
"People are wearing more colorful clothes and some foreign movies, like the 'Hunchback of Notre Dame,' are being shown," Wilke said.
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However, the modernization process has led to a flowering of political and cultural ideas that sometimes are criticized by Chinese leaders, she said.
NOW, CHINA's leaders are determined not to let political campaigns or mismanagement slow their country's drive to modernization, she said.
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TODAY: DICK WRIGHT, associate director of KANU will present "Styles of Jazz" for the Wednesday Forum at 11:45 a.m. at the Ecumenical Ministries Center, 1294 Oread. The College Chairpersons Meeting will be at 3:30 p.m. in the Centennial Room of the Kansas Union.
TONIGHT: THE OREAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION will present a Workshop on Small Claims Court at 7 p.m. at the Oread Neighborhood Anti-Crime Program headquarters, 407 W. 12 St. KU GUNG FU CLUB will meet at 7:30 p.m. in room 173, Robinson Gymnasium. The East Asian Film Series will present a Japanese film with an anti-crime theme. The American Film Series will present a CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in Parlor A and B of the Union. The Museum of Natural History Wednesday Evening Lecture Series will present Ruth Gennin, museum Public Education director speaking about "Whale Watching off Baja California," at 7:30 p.m. in the Panorama room of Dyche Hall. THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, Law Student Division will provide income tax assistance from 6 to 8 p.m. in the legal aid office in New York. The American Bar Association feature Susan K. Smith and Alan Martin on trombone and tuba in Swarthout Reatal Hall.
TOMORROW: THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL will meet at 3:30 p.m. in room 105 in Blake Hall. A presentation called, "How Does an Exhibition happen," at 1 p.m. will be in the auditorium of the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art. The SCIENCE FICTION CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in the Oread room of the Union. The SU BJA Club will meet at 7 p.m. in the Pine room of the Union. The English Department Colloquium will feature professors Stephen Hopkins and Tracy Beecham. Techniques of teaching history to students in the Walnut room of the Union SKYDIVING CLUB will meet at 8 p.m. in room 124, Robinson Health and Physical Education building. A student recital at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall will feature organist Helen Hofermeier. Tomorrow is the deadline for Graduate School Fellowships. THE KU BAND will perform at 8 p.m. at the Lawrence High School auditorium.
AURH elects officers; top 2 run unopposed
Jay Smith and Mark Fouts have been elected president and vice president of the Association of University Residence Halls. They Fouts, who ran as a team, were unopposed.
They received 529 votes in elections Monday, yesterday in the eight residence halls.
Other officers elected were Syburn! Herriun,stein,Overland Park sophomore,treasurer; and Ron Giersch, Topeka freshman, secretary.
Smith, Greensburg sophomore, was chairman of this year's contracts committee for AURH. Fouts, Derby sophomore, returns as AURH's vice president.
Burnstein received 337 votes. Brent Lamb, Topeka sophomore, received 73 votes.
and Parvesh Kumar, Overland Park sophomore, received 73 votes in the state debate.
Giersch received 441 votes. His opponent, Grieser Kuo, Lawrence freshman, received 176 votes.
Bill Dahman, chairman of the AURH elections committee, said approximately 675 people voted, about 15 percent of the residence hall population.
According to AURH policy, the president and vice president must live in separate halls. Smith lives in McColm Hall and Founts lives in Joseph R. Pearson Hall.
He said there were 50 write-in votes for president and vice president, but none were eligible because both members of the teams lived in the same hall.
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