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...children of Canton, there is still time to be young. In this city beside the Pearl River where the silvery sound of bicycle bells fills the air, the children seem less influenced by the official doctrine than by their own personalities. Some stare at foreigners in curiosity or amusement; others screech and run away. They play beside the river at being soldiers, and they imitate their mothers, carrying their younger brothers on their backs...
...does not often see families with small children on the streets of Canton. There is currently an intensive government campaign to establish birth control in this crowded city. A large billboard located strategically downtown exhorts residents in the name of patriotism to "have only one child." The official guides explain the problem thus: "We have made mistakes in the past." A family with more than two small children is now an unusual sight...
...future is somewhat uncertain for the children of Canton. The latest historical revision of Chairman Mao and the insinuations connecting him with the evil Gang of Four have cast the basis of their parents' motivations into doubt. For them, as for their country, this is a crucial transition period, between the first revolutionary phase, led by Mao, and the second, which must function without--or in spite...
Perhaps they will know a powerful, industrialized socialist China in their lifetime. Perhaps they will see an overhaul of current policies that will completely alter China's direction. And perhaps they will know war. But for now, there is time for the children of Canton to spend with their families and with their friends...
...changed. At one time, the presidential campaign was a comparatively brief quadrennial eruption. An impressively haughty 19th century protocol dictated that the office must seek the man. William McKinley, for example, a candidate of piercing eye and vacuous mind, rocked away the 1896 campaign on his front porch in Canton, Ohio, while Mark Hanna freighted in the citizenry to gaze upon...