From the archives: How The Times covered China’s Cultural Revolution

Peking signals another victory for moderates (Jan. 1974)

By Robert S. Elegant

“The mod­er­ate forces of prag­mat­ic Premi­er Chou En-lai are clearly pro­claim­ing their dom­in­ance over the di­vis­ive, ideo­lo­gic­ally mo­tiv­ated ‘left­ists’ who sur­round Chi­ang Ching (Mme. Mao Tse-tung).”

Sources: Los Angeles Times archives

Credits: Robert S. Elegant