Chinese CP denounces CP-Nepal (Maoist)

[John Metz <redsolidarity@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's probably not surprising, but still interesting...

-John

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China accuses Nepalese rebels of usurping legacy of
Mao Zedong
Thu Jul 11, 6:35 AM ET

BEIJING - The communist government founded by Chinese
revolutionary leader Mao Zedong accused Nepal's
self-styled Maoist rebels Thursday of hijacking his
legacy and denied ever having contact with the group.

"The anti-government rebels in Nepal are usurping the
name of the leader of the Chinese people," Foreign
Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said.

China supports Nepal's fight against the rebels and
hopes for peace, stability and economic development
for its Himalayan neighbor, Liu said.

The rebels, who want to overthrow Nepal's
constitutional monarchy, have waged a six-year armed
struggle that has killed more than 4,000 people. They
claim to follow Mao's version of communism, which
emphasized peasant revolution.

Mao, who died in 1976, long advocated helping
communist insurgencies around the world. However, his
successors have abandoned global revolution in favor
of economic development and consolidation of their
one-party state.

Nepalese King Gyanendra is visiting China this week,
in part to seek Chinese help against the rebels. China
has not said whether it will provide material
assistance to augment its moral support.

The sides on Wednesday also signed an agreement to
boost trade across the border between Nepal and
China's Tibet region.

Gyanendra's trip is his second visit to a foreign
country since he was enthroned a year ago after the
assassination of his elder brother, King Birendra, in
a palace massacre committed by crown prince Dipendra,
who died of wounds inflicted in the mayhem.

In a meeting with Gyanendra on Thursday at
Zhongnanhai, the compound of the Chinese leadership,
Premier Zhu Rongji said he had been "greatly saddened"
by Birendra's death last year. Zhu said he went to
Nepal's embassy to express condolences last year after
the murders.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020711/ap_wo_en_po/china_nepal_3&printer=1

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