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vol. xxxl NO. 8 AUGUST 1982 Australia: A $0.72 New Ze4land: NZ $0.84 U.K.: 39P e3 U.S.A.: $0 78 . Cure for Uterine Conrer? .IUew Chinese Filns Huangguoshu Waterfall, Guizhou province /,ltoLr Yrtuntu f\9fi' FOU'NDER: SOONG CHING LING (MME. SUN YAT-SEN) (r893-1e811. PUBLTSHED MONTHLY BY THE CHINA WELFARE INSTITUTE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, ARABIC, GERMAN, PORTUGUESE AND CHINESE vor. xxxt No. 8 AUGUST 1982 Articles of the Month CONTENTS Energy Resources ond Policies p. 9 Economy Energy Resources and Policies I Short-term ond long-term policies toke occount ot Central China's New Power Grid 12 the noture ol Chino's obundont ene.gy resources - Life and Work on an Offshore Drilling Platform 15 cool, oil, nqturol gos ond others their uneven speed -utilizotion ond New Vice-Minister from the Coalfields 4B devqlopment, costs ond of growing domestic power needs. Rural Responsibiliiy System 51 1981 Economic Achievements 36 Culture ond Art A Landmark Exhibit of Minority Nationality Art 4 Chinese Cinema Today 62 Republishing the'Four Storehouses' 3B Sanitation Man a Prize-Winning Photographer 32 Scien ce /Med icine Genetics Breakthrough: T-RNA Synthesized 26 Minority Notlonality Art Exhibit p. 4 Successes in Arresting Uterine Cancer 21 lntroducing some outstonding minority ortists ond Society their works, including 12 color reproductions. A Delinquent Transformed 41 Responsibility System in Sports the Countryside 51 Birthplace of Taijiquan Boxing 24 P' An Old People's Long-Distance Bunning Team 34 Hqs the responsibility system chonged the sociolist noture Friendship of the rurol collective econo- Remembering Deep Ties Between China and lndia 2B my? A report from Huorong Two Americans Compare Old and New China 44 county, Hunon province. First ol two orticles. Archoeology Treasure-Trove of .Very Early Silks 69 Chinese Cinemq Todoy p. 62 Across the Lond Recent films disploy greoter moturity, depth ond Orange Tree Waterfall 49 originolity though not oll of the stereotyped A Park in Guiyang 5B chsrocters- ond opprooches of the "culturol revolu- Fish Springs of Hunan 61 tion" hqve been eliminoted. Xiaoshan Lace 40 'Golden Floss' Dates ct Chino-lndio Friendship: o Memoir p.28 Qing Qing the Performing Panda (Photos) 43 Dr, B,K. Bosu, sole surviuing member of wortime Columns ond Speciols lndion Medicol Mission to Chino, recolls work ond To Our Readers: Tourists Domestic and Forergn 2 socrifice in o common couse. Postbag - J Cartoons 23 Uterine Concer Humor 61 Breokthrough Chinese Cookery: Quick-Fried Sliced Beef in Tomato p. 21 Sauce 47 Legends and Tales from History: The Duke of Yue's Recovery tdtes ore Revenge 56 now signilicontly higher Language Corner: Lesson 20 omong women suffering Marriage tt from choriocorcinomo, thonks to yeors of re' Front Cover: seorch ot Beijing's A Tibetan Girl (Oil painting by Ai Xuan, from the Na- Copitol Hospitol. tional Fine Arts Exhibition of Minority Nationalities) Editoriol Office: Woi Wen Building, Beijing (37), Chino Chino Reconstructs (USPS No.659-850) is published monthly for US$8.00 per yeor Coble: "CHIRECON" Beijins. by Chino Reconstructs, Woi. Wen Building, Beiling (37), Chino. Second closs postoge Generol Distributor: Chinq Publicotions Center poid ot 5on Froncisco, CA. (Guoji Shudion) Postmoster: send oddress chonges to Chino Books ond Periodicols, |nc,,2929 24lh P O. Box 399, Beijing, Chino Street. Son Froncisco. CA 94110. TO OUR READERS . Tourists-llomestic and Foreign E OR the past three years China Recowtructs EIACILITIES for internal Chi.nese tourists are also I' workers and staff members over the age of 45 I. being improved, but at this point the problem is have enjoyed week-long vacation trips with travel not so acute the numbers are still small, and most expenses paid by our office welfare fund. This year prefer to put- up with relativgs or friends where pos- Beijing's hot weather arrived early, and in May some sible, or in the very simplest hotels. of our staff took off for Jinan, "city of springs" and At a conference on tourism last year, Vice-Pre- province. Jinan capital of Shandong Side-trips from mier Wan Li stressed that, as a socialist country, Chi- took them to Qufu, birthplace of Confucius, and to na should put the enhancement of friendship be- beautiful and historic Taishan (Mt. Tai), all in Shan- province. tween the Chinese and other peoples before economic dong For over 20 centuries Mt. Tai wac considerations. The "profit-first" mentality that has revered as one of the country's five "sacred" moun- poppd up recently should be criticized and discarded. tains. Factories, schools and communes should be included A number of factories, schools and other organiza- in tourist itineraries in addition to scenic and historic tions now sponsor similar summer trips for their o1d- sites and museums. Those who wish to get away er employees one sign of the improved living from the standardized Western-style hotels should standards in China.- Another sign is the number of get a chance to stay in traditional Beijing courtyard people of all ages who finance their own trips. In houses, Yan'an cave-houses or yurt tent-homes in two months during the summer of 1980, a small Bei- Inner Mongolia. These points also reflected some of jing cooperative that runs package tours to the sea- the complaints and requests foreign and overseas side resort of Beidaihe east of Beijing had 400 clients, Chinese tourists had voiced over the past several including many palrs of newlyweds. Some young years. people use their bicycles for longdistance travel (one This year, with new hotels, more air flights, bet- example is the amateur photographer whose story we ter service and richer programs some already com- tell on page 32 of this issue). pleted and others in the planning- stage-the China For China's peasants, sightseeing tours were International Travel Service expects to receive undreamed-of luxuries just a few years ago. Today 300,000 foreign tourists (the figure is expected to they too aie beginning to travel, often on group tours. grow to 700,000 by 1985). To cite one case we know of, seven peasants from Pengxian county, Sichuan province, hired a minibus NTEW tourist routes are being laid out and resorts I \ goes press, for a four-day trip to Sichuan's Mt. Emei. Others built. As this issue to China Recon- go to big cities to shop and see the sights. structs has three reporter-photographer teams look- ing at some such places in northeast China and in More and more foreign tourists are traveling to Shanxi and Hunan provinces. In western Hundn China. The China International Travel Service re- province our photographer will visit the new national ceived 124,000 in 1978, then 163,000 in 1979, then forest preserve, Blue Rock Mountain (at Zhangjiajie). 218,000 in 1980 and 268,000 in 1981. Many people, Armchair journeys to plpces of scenic, historic and too, came on official or private business. This was present-day interest will continue to be a special in addition to the millions of overseas Chinese, and feature of our magazine. tl of Chinese from Hongkong and Macao visiting during the same period. TIiOURIST facilities are increasing, but not fast r enough to meet the growing demand, In 1981 the number of hotel beds for foreign guests was 57 percent more than in 1980, but hotel reservations are still hard to get. Hotels catering to foreign guestb are not always up to international standards, one reason being the shortage of trained personnel. Some vocational schools and colleges have started courses in hotel management and services. Only 500 have been graduated so far; many more will be needed. CIIINA EECONSTRUCTS Larger Black and Whites! able lor use cannot be returneil to the writer, In my opinion your magazine has im- - Ed. proved considerably. It is more color- ful, less political and has a greater More about Islam variety of artic,les. I do agree with one reader who suggested the black and Kindly let me know about the Islamic There's Only One China white photographs could be larger as religion in China. I am an old reader sometimes it is diffic'ult to pick out of your magazine, since 1976, but only I agree with the editor's note in the a few articles talk about the Islamic detail. I appreciate that space is at a March 1982 "Our Postbag,, which re- religion while you are always talking ,,two premium, but this could possibly be futes the fallac'ies of Chinas,, and about the rest of the religions. Does accomplished by either a little less "one China, one Taiwan.,' The United writ- this mean that the Islamic religion is States is now violating international ten matter or maybe one less photo- graph not strong in China? law by selling weapons to Taiwan. to a page. AHMED UMAR TAKALAFIYA There is more urgent need now than Thank you for your index, this is a Ningi, Nigeria ever to support China,s stand: Taiwan great help when looking for an article is a province of the People,s Republic in a hurry. The Arabic eilition of China Re- of China, and not an independent D. MOORE constructs leatures nxanA articles about country. No European country should Aldinga Beach, Australia Muslims in China. support the U.S. in its sale of weapons - Ed. to Taiwan. GERD WEDEMEYER Through Chineee Eyes Wiesbaden, Federal Republic ol Chinese Symbolism GerrnanA The magazine is'all that I hoped it I was glad that during my visit to would be. It tells about the people of China I discovered CR. I have found Sino-Indian Friendship China and what they are doing, and in it very useful for adding authoritative their own words.