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dated June 4, 1958: People’s power

Mr. Mao Tse Tung, Chinese Communist head of State, in his first published pronouncement for a year, on June 1 praised the poverty of the Chinese people as an incentive to revolution. Mr. Mao was writing in the first issue of Red Flag, the new fortnightly theoretical review of the Chinese Communist Party. He wrote: “This seems a bad thing but it is in fact a good thing. The poor people want a change, want to do things, want revolution.” Mr. Mao said that “the political consciousness of the masses is rising rapidly” and “never before have the masses been so spirited, with such high morale and so strongly determined.” He added: “The decisive factor besides the leadership of the party is the 600 million people. The more people, the more views and suggestions, the more intense the fervour and greater the energy.” The article, which bears the stamp of Mr. Mao’s classical literary style, is rich in metaphor.

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