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  • From Lin Piao's foreword to the Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung (this was before Lin became a bandit and counter-revolutionary):

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • The Lin Piao doctrine of wars of national liberation, often mistaken as a blueprint for world conquest, is in fact an explicit acknowledgement of the inability of a foreign power to sustain a revolution without indigenous support.

    The New Look in U.S. Policy 1969

  • One user writing under the name "Piao Sang" on the microblogging website of Sina. com called the news a "victory for public credibility."

    Chinese Reporter Wins Apology From Police 2010

  • Piao Xiang Pan-fried codfish in sour sauce at Piao Xiang Sichuan cuisine is now a staple throughout the world, even if frequently defanged of its searing spice.

    The Top 10 Restaurants in Asia 2008

  • The other suspects, arrested in Pingtung, were Piao Chin-cheng, 43; Pan Chien-cheng, 38; Chen Chien-liang, 49; Lin Hsun-ti, 50; and Chen Seng-yu, 33.

    Raising and Napping the Racers Michael Turton 2007

  • Piao. com.cn, a ticket broker in China, said it sells millions of tickets annually via the Web.

    Chinese Ticket Brokers Go High Tech 2007

  • Lin Piao was an eminent Chinese Marxist theoretician, under Chairman Mao.

    ON THE EVE OF THE MILLENNIUM CONOR CRUISE O’BRIEN 1994

  • In this connection the theories of the late Lin Piao may have some continuing relevance.

    ON THE EVE OF THE MILLENNIUM CONOR CRUISE O’BRIEN 1994

  • In the form proposed by Lin Piao, the theory lacks credibility: “the cities” of the affluent world, with their abundant stores of food, are not to be starved out by the Third World, much of which is itself on the verge of starvation and kept alive partly by Western contributions.

    ON THE EVE OF THE MILLENNIUM CONOR CRUISE O’BRIEN 1994

  • In the form proposed by Lin Piao, the theory lacks credibility: “the cities” of the affluent world, with their abundant stores of food, are not to be starved out by the Third World, much of which is itself on the verge of starvation and kept alive partly by Western contributions.

    ON THE EVE OF THE MILLENNIUM CONOR CRUISE O’BRIEN 1994

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