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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...happy balance between individualistic capitalism and proletarian communism" is the ultimate aim of all Chinese revolutionary efforts today, Chi-yun Chang of the National University of Chekiang declared last night at the Institute of Geographical Exploration in the last of four Monday lectures on "China in a New World...
...China has strived to get the full benefits of industrial revolution without incurring the accompanying evil by-products," said Chang, a member of the People's Political Council. "As Dr. Sun remarked, our immediate problem is not economic inequality, but economic poverty; not a fight against capitalists, but the prevention of the rise of capitalists in the future...
...Chang emphasized the importance of the rising local governments in the Hsien, which correspond to our countries. "The development of local government has been remarkably rapid during the war," he asserted. "Appreciable progress has been made also in mass education and agricultural and industrial cooperatives, and all this development of local self- government may well be considered the most significant reform carried out by the Chinese Government in recent years...
...southwest," continued Chang, "is a poor agricultural land, but in many localities it is endowed with mineral wealth, such as tin, copper, mercury, and aluminum. Moreover, the desirability of heavy industries in the interior of the country, where the defense is easier than along the coast, is no doubt a matter carrying considerable weight in the planning of post-war reconstruction...
...Chang was invited to this country as a visiting Lecturer by the State Department in June 1943, and has spent the last year at Harvard. He plans another year of study here in preparation for a forthcoming book on the political significance of Chinese geography. His lectures this month are held at the Institute of Geographical Exploration, 2 Divinity Avenue, and are illustrated with slides. They begin at 8:15 o'clock and will continue for the next three Mondays...