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7 I I \- 7\ - r\ r,( tdIo rrD- t O. rrD-q -) , .l I t , ,T' ,f. Phoenix Pagoda in Chao'an, Guangdong province. Xie Jun GH I]IA REG(I]ISTRUGTS Articles of the Month :fl \D PoEe 6 t ,x Energy in Chinq PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN ENGLISH, Does Chino FRENCH, SPANISH, ARAB]C hove on energy AND BI. Whot MONTHLY crisis? IN GERMAN BY THE CHINA obout cooperq- WELFARE INSTITUTE tion on exploiting (sooNc CHTNG L|NG, CHATRMAN) energy resources? These ond other questions ore onswered in in- terviews with vol' xxvilt No. 4 APRIL 1979 leoders in the field. Progress with Liver Concer Poge '11 CONTENTS Eorly detection, o deciding foctor Our Postbag z in the successful hondling of concer, hos become much Cartoons 3 eosier with the use in Chino of Across the Land: Frozen Heservoir 4 AFP, o protein substonce used in simple blood tests token in What About Energy in China? 6 moss screening. Progress in Treating Cancer of the Liver Ximen Lusha j1 Home of Overseas Chinese: Shantou or Swatow New by Any Name Wu Tong - 14 Recalling Some 'Good Americans' Rewi Altey Za The Peace Rcse Zhang Xueling 25 Changshu Arts and Handicrafts Bian Hui 27 Home of Overseos Chinese Poge 14 Cultural Notes: Drama on a Talented Woman ,Cai - Almost every fomily Wenji' by Guo Moruo 31 in Shontou (Swotow) hos Record of a Fighting Life Exhibition on Zhou Enlai relatives abroad. Revisit- Su Donghai - 34 ing the oreo ofter 40 yeors, de- Economic 20 our reporter Briefs: Capital Construction in l97B scribes the chonges ond New Spelling of Chinese Place Names 42 interesting scenic spots he tound. The 8th Asian Games in Bangkok Tan Aiqing 43 flte Mei Flower: Harbinger of Spring Chen Junyu 47 Faising 'Ships of the Desert' Liu Chen ta Feeding One Fiith of 1he World's people Li Boning 55 Qhildren: A Slow Pupil Catches Up 58 23 'Ten Recolling Ssrn* 'Good Americons' Poge Thousand Volumes' of Fossils Zhou Mingzhen 60 Geography ol China: The Taihang Mountains Hou Renzhi 66 Writer ond poet Rewi Alley reminisces oboul o host of Americons who lor decodes struggled, in spite of hostility ond indifference, for normol relotions between 69 ihe. two countries. Do You Know? CAAC - China's Airline 70 Chinese History - VII The Plunr Blossom ls Not o Plum Blos Eastern Han Peasant Fevolts Jiao Jian e 4T Zhang Heng and Lingtai Observatory Lei Congyurt 77 Horticulturist oys thot the Language Corner: 79 Lesson 4: Shopping o notive of Chino, oprirot nor ony event, the w ng mei hos deor to Chinese oets lor its COVER PICTURES: in the foce of odversity, Front: Chaozhou embroidery. Xie Jun 60 Back: A drilling platform at sea Zhang Haishan Fomous Fossits Poge Breothtokingly beouti- ful plont ond onimol .life ol 15 million yeors ogo shoyun Editoricl Office: Woi Wen Building. Beijing (32), Chino. Cohle: "CHIRECON', - '6UOZ| in poges of color pictures. Beijing. Generot Distribut"i: SHUDIAN, p,O. Box 399, Beijing, Chino, this! But now we must look at a new articles. He is a real historian. Other world, a new China. You are respected. articles on Chinese history are good too. I wish for the very best between our T.H, two peoples. I hope to see Beijillg Dortmund, Feileral Republic ot (Peking) one day! Germany M.G. Ddison, U.S.A. Peasant Life Like New Format The establishment of diplomatic rela- Articles such as "A Commune tions between the People's Republic of Family" in your September 1978 issue reading your January 19?9 issue After China and the United States is the best have seldom been published in your just you I had to let know how delight- news for us Chinese living abroad in all magazine. This one gave readers a your and ed I am with new fbrmat countries. We considered this as the general picture of peasant life. We can style! best gift to the entire Chinese race by see from it the marked improvement The issue was just full of interesting ' the government of Chairman Hua in their life in comparison with that and informative articles and photo- Guofeng. before liberation. Thefe are also deep graphs which tell of the history of A.S.H. changes in their way of life, spiritual China, as well as informing us about Vancouuer, Canada outlook and their centuries-old cus- the new socialist China. toms. The modernization of agriculture Scientific Socialism has had a profound effect on their way The travel section was especially of life. interesting, as section on was the Ever since I started readitg China Your medical supplement is good. I trade, In fact, the entire issue was Reconstructs, have an impression that I like particularly the article "Gallstones outstanding ! most of your articles relate to scien- Removed Without Surgery." It's great tific sopialism the same This is the type of periodical we can in China. At progress to have gallstones removed time, are forming give to the participants on our China they very helpful to without a surgical operation, thus sav- revolutionary Study Tours, knowing that the mag- a culture in those coun- ing patients pain and being cheaper. tries are now struggling free azine will be read by them prior to who to B.R. going to China. In this way, we will themselves from the exploitation and Caen, France be furthering our cause of friendship oppression of imperialism, especially the two superpowers. between our two peoples. Barefoot Doctor . C.M. I read an article entitled "Launching Your maga2ine has taught me a lot. Austin, U.S.A. the Drive to Mbdernize Science" in What interests me is how the bafefoot your July 1978 issue and discussed The new format ol China Re- with doctors have tried to save people in the my friends socialist line constructs is great! It is muih easier what is the rural areas, using herb medicines to that China has adhered to and is to read and fits in with other books what cure some ailments such as asthma. the revisibnist line. I believe, if we and notebooks on my desk. The same Also how the doctors at the hospital grasp Mao excellent articles have been maintained. firmly the teachings of have specialized in some field. The Zedong and other great Marxists, the language and writing in general are all The same excellent pictures have not slogan of "a bright - future for clear to understand. The diawings in suffered in the reduction in size. Two humanity" will surely be realized. the magazine are all attractive. The sections of color stand out, the Weifang A.G.C, language corner also teaches a lot, and I{ew Year pictures, any one of which Magdalena, Colombio this has helped me greatly though the would be attractive framed, and the pronunciation is difficult" section on stamps. The latter because Support for Arab Peoples S.P,A. I have a collection of stamps of the Dod.o-Amanfrom, Ghano PRC and try to keep up with the new China Reconstructs is a wonderful rssues. magazine which reflects the character- History Series R.A.D. istics of building socialism in China. Tucson, U,S.A. Your new series of articles on Chinese I hope your magazine will increase history has turned out to be what I had Thanks for the new design of China its pages and enlarge its special col- hoped for. It will be most interesting Reconstructs. It's great and so easy umns on science and culture. to follow it during 1979. It's rather to handle. Also its size is just right by The fundamental principle of China's frightening when one realizes, to put in a bag and take along to read Iittle foreign policy is to unite the coun- reading these articles, how in the park or wherever. For- the first and tries and peoples who are struggling knowledge one has had of China time I was able to race through the grasp the for freedom and independeice. Since its history. To be able to magazine from cover to cover simply think the birth of the People's Republic of development of modern China, I because I took it with me wherever I it is of utmost importance that one has went. Enjoy every page of it! China she has stood on the side of the Arab people, especially the Palestinian a fairly good .command of China's F.G.H. people, in their struggle to recover lost earlier history. Nouato, U.S.A. T.L. territories and obtain the right to Ltind. Suseden decide their own destiny and return Sino-U.S. Friendship to their homeland. Lack of Charts Please have a big article about the z.s. January lst USA/China friendship! We Barika, Algeria There is a Iack of statistical charts are very, very excited in the U.S.A. and maps wit*r your articles on about our new Asia friends! Artictre by Rewi Alley economic and'scientific subjects. These would be helpful for readers to get a In my university I studied Chihese I like your articles touehing on past clearer conception of China's socialist history; I really understand how the history. The article "From the Old achievements. imperialists made China weak. In the China to the New" by Bewi Alley is J.P,T. past China was wronged! We all knew very good. I hope to read more of his Paris, France 2 CHINA RECONSTRUCTS CARTOONS {X ttfF*"trElliu,,,,,-L-l- i rrrrrrtlrltlil)1, ;t<1( Whqt ore you doing? Ihe bookshelyes ore too lor owoy, by Hua Junuu Fomily Outing bu Yongkun anil Jianguo APRIL TS79 wc; Qinghai (Kansu and Chinghai) pr.ovinces, are covered .with ice and snow most of the year.
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