European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The 40th anniversary of new China has been chaotic. Four months ago. A student led movement for democracy at Beijing s Tiana men Square ended in violence. After 40 years new China pauses to celebrate by Jim Abrams associated press Orty years after Mao tse Tung blood on Tiana men Square on oct. 1. 1949, and declared a now China the nation is still searching for the Ideal people s Republic and frequently at was with Itsell but Cha has much to celebrate on its 40th National Day. Emerging from a Long past of foreign domination and internal decay it is a Strong and Independent nation a world Leader. The fireworks Lowers and galas marking the anniversary arc deserved recognition Lor a government that has managed to leed clothe and educate a nation whose population has swollen in these past Lour decades irem 540 million to 1.1 billion a filth of the entire world. But the 40lh year of new China has been chaotic and few people Are in the mood to celebrate. It has been four months since the army crushed the democracy movement in a spasm of bloodshed and martial Law troops still stand guard to keep people off Tiana men Square local Point of the uprising primed by students any thoughts of a military Parade such As was held on the 35lh anniversary were set aside. No one wants to see tanks on Tiana men Square again. Market oriented reforms that have doubled the size of China s Economy and vastly improved the lives of millions Over the past decade Are in serious trouble. The conservatives in Power have put a hold on new reforms until the problems of inflation corruption and excessive growth can to solved. Zhao Ziyang the former communist party Leader who was the main proponent of Reform was purged because of his Liberal leanings. The grand old Man of Reform. Deng Xiaoping 85, appeared recently in Public for the first Lime in months looking robust he had Boon reported to be seriously ill. The government has acknowledged that alter our decades of indoctrination it has failed to persuade Many of the nation s Young of the Virtues of communal Rule since the student protests time devoted to political education has doubled and tripled in offices and schools. The official press is again talking of class struggle a notion largely forgotten since the 1966-7g cultural revolution. Hou Runzhi a 78-Yoar-old Beijing University professor who experienced the pre-1949 past and stood on Tiana men Square to hear Mao proclaim the birth of a people s Republic of China 40 years ago Speaks for Many older chinese when he says i believe in socialism that s the Hope of China " yet on the same Campus Young students shrug of the hours of political education they Are Given and whisper that they know the truth that they live under a government willing to train guns on its own people. The Many 40-year retrospectives in the Media Couch their impressive figures on economic growth with sunday october 1. 1989 reminders that All this is due to socialism Only socialism can save China and there would to no new China without the communist party the people s daily intoned in its series titled the Rise of an Oriental giant " politburo member i Cuihuan in addressing culture ministry officials responsible Lor planning this National Day had told them the events should emphasize that Public order has been restored and people Are living and working in peace alter the quelling of the counterrevolutionary rebellion on the bloody night of june 3-4 in Beijing he added. We should explain with convincing facts that Only socialism can save and develop China there is much to be said for China s accomplishments since Mao s communists Defeated Chiang Kai Shek s nationalists in 1949, driving them Oil to Taiwan. Life expectancy around 35 at the time has nearly doubled to 69 cholera malaria smallpox plague and other infectious diseases have been largely brought under control the nation victimized by imperialism and gunboat diplomacy now sits permanently on the u n Security Council in the place of nationalist China it joined the exclusive nuclear club by exploding its first atomic bomb in 1964 and has independently launched 25 satellites since 1970 it has normalized relations with both the United continued on Page 1 the stars and stripes Page 13