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Chinese try Tokyo Rose’ style
propaganda attacks on Taiwan
PEKING (AP) - The lilting
strains of sentimental Chinese
music are followed by a soft,
resonant female voice which
coos: ‘‘Dear Taiwan compa
triots, I just want to be your
friend ”
It is the melodious, beckoning
"Voice of the Motherland" —
42-year-old Xu Man, and her
program, "Friends on the Air,"
part of an intensified radio
propaganda campaign directed
at Taiwan
Eight times a day, Xu’s
15-minute program is beamed
over 11 frequencies across the
100-mile Taiwan Straits Neither
strident nor dogmatic, she is the
embodiment of peaceful reun
ification, the voice of maternal
persuasion
Her message is soft-sell, in
contrast to the hostile, self
righteous propaganda of the
Cultural Revolution era when
announcers read People's Daily
editorials and lectured the
Taiwanese about the glories of
communism Absent are the
threats to “liberate" Taiwan
where many Chinese fled after
the Communist takeover in
1949
"We hear she is really big on
Taiwan," one of her colleagues
at Central Broadcasting boasts
"We want to quietly dispel the
Koumintang (Nationalist
Chinese) rumors and set the
record straight," Xu said in a
recent interview Taiwanese
"newspapers are still printing
stories that we need a permit to
leave our houses and each
person has only one inch of
cloth rationed each month "
One Taiwan listener wrote Xu
to ask: "After the reunification
of Taiwan with the mainland,
would we also need cooking oil
and cotton coupons to live on
Taiwan?’’ Her answer: Of
course not Taiwan can main
tain its present lifestyle
Taiwan authorities continue
to jam the mainland broadcasts,
without complete success, and
Xu's listeners run the risk of
penalties that could be as
severe as a prison term.
Xu, the mother of three, has
short-cropped hair, deep
dimples and a broad smile She
wears baggy, nondescript
trousers and a gray jacket with a
brightly colored shirt.
Every day she courts 18 mil
lion Chinese on Taiwan,
appealing to the profit instincts
of Taiwan businessmen and
plucking at the heartstrings of
those who long to see loved
ones on the mainland
Her refrain is China’s nine
point plan for peaceful reun
ification, which claims Taiwan
may retain capitalism, its armed
forces, and its less-restricted
way of life
Politics is interwoven with
Chinese fairy tales about the
moon festival, advice on
treating stomach cancer with
herbal medicine, and interviews
with former Nationalist Chinese
officers who returned to the
mainland
Tourism is a major theme,
artfully wrapped around
nationalism.
Xu reminds her listeners that
all Chinese should see the
grandeur of the Motherland,
weaving visions of standing at
the Great Wall, climbing the
misted Taishan mountain, float
ing down the gorges of the
Yangtze River
She answers letters from
I
listeners on the air. Her program
has received about 400 letters
since it began in January 1981,
and she directs her listeners to
write to a box number at any
Chinese diplomatic post
There are no direct mail links
between Taiwan and China at
this time. In answer to their
letters she tells Taiwan busi
nessmen they will receive
special advantages and
discreet treatment.
Xu also helps locate lost
relatives and makes it possible
for families to correspond by
mail Hundreds of thousands of
Chinese were separated after
the 1949 Communist victory
She once received a letter from
Taiwan listing 30 lost relatives
and dispatched two reporters to
find them They located 28 —
two had died — and informed
the Taiwan listener by mail
These services are a small
chapter in the struggle between
China and Taiwan for the hearts
and minds of each other's
citizens
After a defecting Chinese air
force pilot arrived in Taiwan on
Oct. 31, Taiwan newspapers
printed for the first time a pic
ture of Xu’s Taiwanese
counterpart, known as "the
rose," whose broadcasts are
credited with persuading seven
Chinese pilots to defect to
Taiwan.
The pilot read a statement on
the radio saying his decision to
defect had been influenced by
Radio Taiwan broadcasts
China has in turn increased
the resources committed to
radio propaganda. The
message Life is good and
getting better, please come
home
On Oct 1 — National Day —
China stepped up its daily
Taiwan broadcast from 21
hours to nearly 38 hours over
various frequencies,with 24
announcers proclaiming the
good news about higher living
standards on the mainland.
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NOV. 4,5,6
9:30 P.M.
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