Word: cantons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chiang Ch'ing decided that Witke would be a suitable person to transmit her story to the outside world. Some two weeks later, while Witke was touring Shanghai, she was told excitedly by one of her guides: "Comrade Chiang Ch'ing has made a secret flight to Canton, where she is reflecting on her life and the revolution." Witke was flown by special jet to that southern city, where, in a secluded villa surrounded by gardens, she listened for six days running, long into the early morning hours, as Chiang Ch'ing delivered a rambling and often...
...Canton, N.Y. is well known for two things. It is the home of St. Lawrence University and a city with one of the highest percentages of bars per capital income in the country...
...feel too sorry for the Larries, who, a long road trip finally behind them, can once again look forward to wild nights at Scivvy's, the Hoot Owl and the Inside Track on the other side of an eight-hour trek back to Canton...
...Republic. Madame Mao's personal life was said to be like that of the 7th century Empress Wu, notorious for her extravagance and lubricity. Accordingly, Chiang Ch'ing ordered every insect killed and every leaf dusted by her minions before she would venture to visit a Canton botanical garden. During bouts of insomnia, the imperious lady issued orders that work at a nearby noisy shipbuilding factory be stopped. So sensitive was she to noise that she once ordered her waiters to deliver her food while walking on tiptoe...
...jung, a Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; the other was American-educated Nancy T'ang, the late Chairman's trusted interpreter. Radio Peking claimed that some 3.3 million people had taken to the streets in the Chinese capital and more than 4 million in Shanghai. In Canton, sessions of that city's twice yearly Trade Fair for foreign businessmen were called off, presumably to allow the people to participate in the campaign...