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...territory. In 1938 came the Nazis' Anschluss of Austria; in 1938 Hitler browbeat the British and French into letting him seize the Sudentenland area of Czechoslovakia in exchange for a false promise of "peace in our time." In 1938 too the Japanese pushed southward across China and captured Canton...
They say it's a long way to Tipperary. The Harvard hockey team found out this weekend that it's also a long way to the quaint upper New York State towns of Canton and Pottsdam, the homes of St. Lawrence and Clarkson, respectively...
...Canton, Ohio...
...Catholic Church, which follows Communist policy by totally rejecting papal authority, and a "Silent Church" movement of unknown size that remains loyal to Rome. The conflict between the two sides intensified last June when the regime withdrew its tacit recognition of Jesuit Bishop Dominic Tang as head of the Canton diocese. The ouster came just after Pope John Paul II asserted Tang's Vatican connection by appointing him Archbishop of Canton. Tang's Communist-approved successor in Canton, Bishop Ye Yinyun, has continued to press the battle against the Vatican, accusing visiting priests from Hong Kong of efforts...
...last March, about 1.2 million Chinese had registered as self-employed. More than half of those were in the major cities. Canton, for one, has some 14,000 such workers, 48% of them young people engaged in such trades as repairing bicycles, tailoring and photography. Young people generally prefer state jobs, which are easy, undemanding and guarantee work for life in what is nicknamed the "iron rice bowl." But government-owned businesses are often overstaffed and inefficient...