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Chu Tzu-ch’i
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Chu Tzu-ch’i was one-time journalist, first came to attention in December 1949 when he covered the visit to Moscow by Mao Tse-tung, which led to the signing of the historic Sino-Soviet Treaty of February 1950. An article by Chu entitled “December in Moscow” (Shih-erh yueh Mo-szu-k’o) appeared in the Hsin-hua yueh-pao (New China monthly) of February 15, 1950.
Education
Five years passed before Chu was mentioned in the national press again, but since that time he has been one of the most active persons in the Communist-backed “peace” movement, as well as in the campaign to establish closer ties with the Afro-Asian nations.
Career
In the mid-1950’s when Chu was becoming an important figure in Afro-Asian affairs, he was also developing his ties with the “peace” movement. By August 1955 he was a deputy-director of the Liaison Department of the China Peace Committee (CPC). When the CPC was reorganized in July 1958, Chu received significant promotions; he was named a Standing Committee member and one of the deputy secretaries-general, positions he still holds.
Chu has also been a member of the World Peace Council (with which the CPC has been affiliated) since July 1958. This activity in the Communist-sponsored peace movement has meant attendance at many meetings of the world organization. For example, he attended the World Peace Congress in Helsinki in June 1955, a meeting of the World Peace Council in Ceylon in June 1957, a Council-backed conference on disarmament in Sweden in July 1958, and a special session of the Council called in May 1959 in Stockholm to mark the 10th anniversary of the “world peace movement.”
Chu spent much of the 1959-1963 period in Cairo as a secretary of the AAPSO Secretariat. It was during these same years that two developments affected his activities. First, many African colonies gained their independence (mainly from France in 1960); and, second, the smoldering Sino-Soviet conflict burst into the open, often in the presence of Asians and Africans at functions sponsored by the AAPSO or similar organizations. Thus, for example, Chu was an observer at the Second All-African People’s Conference held in Tunis in January 1960 and used the occasion to present to Congolese (Leopoldville) leaders copies of resolutions issued by China in support of the “struggle for independence.” To quicken the pace of Afro-Asian “solidarity,” the AAPSO established the “Afro-Asian Solidarity Fund Committee” at a meeting attended by Chu in Guinea in February 1961; he was named a vice-president of the Fund Committee and continues to hold the post. As late as October-November 1963 he attended another meeting of this Committee, again in Guinea.
Politics
Chu has been a highly active participant in the Sino-Soviet conflict. He attended meetings in 1962 and 1963 where Sino-Soviet differences arose, but his personal role in the proceedings is unknown. However, in two conferences in 1963 and one in 1964, he became involved in a very personal manner. At the Ninth World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs in Hiroshima in August 1963, Chu openly castigated the Russians for having signed the atomic test ban treaty with the United States and Britain.
According to the official Chinese news agency, Chu was then “vilified” by the Soviets, but he in turn spoke and gave the Soviet delegate a “severe rebuff” for his “preposterous statement.” In the next month, at an AAPSO meeting in Cyprus, Chu again tangled with Soviet delegates, accusing the Soviets of giving India military aid and of “instigating India’s attack on China” (a reference to the Sino-Indian border conflict in the fall of 1962). Again, in Algeria in April 1964, Chu granted an interview to the Algerian press corps and accused the Soviets of having “sown discord” at a session of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Council held in Algiers in March 1964.
Membership
Beginning with the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association in 1949, the Chinese established a large number of similar organizations vis-à-vis other nations in which they have an interest. Chu belongs to four such bodies: the China-Nepal Friendship Association (September 1956); the China-Iraq FA (September 1958); the China-Africa People’s FA (April 1960); and the China-Japan FA (October 1963). In each of these he is a member of the national council, and in the China-Africa organization also serves on the governing Standing Committee. As might be expected from membership in these organizations, Chu is often reported in the national press in connection with the innumerable visits to China by Asians and Africans. He often greets such groups at the Peking airport, will occasionally tour China with them, or attend the many rallies and banquets given in their honor.
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Born
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Nationality
China -
Ethnicity
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Political Party
Chinese Communist Party
Career
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August, 1955
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July, 1958
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1959 - 1963
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1961