Word: chau
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When bulldozers began clearing ground for a parking lot last November, Hong Kong government engineers expected no obstacles greater than some boulders and a few scruffy trees. They reckoned that the parking site, on a hill atop the tiny border village of Lok Ma Chau, would enable busloads of tourists to view China conveniently from the hill's observation post...
...local diviner, who quickly appraised the situation: the dragon's nose had been cut off by a bulldozer; in revenge, the dragon had put a curse on the whole Man clan, which since the 1200s has made up all of the 3,700 population of Lok Ma Chau and the neighboring village of San Tin. To avert catastrophe, the expert declared, construction of the parking lot must cease immediately...
...construction at Lok Ma Chau is ever to be completed, the cannons may come in handy to slay the dragon of the parking lot. If that does not work, maybe a plain old payoff in the form of new village sidewalks will pacify the dragon...
...fighting man, would not condone his actions. "He acted improperly," said Abrams, and "should have reported it." To emphasize the point, Abrams told of a questionable raid that he himself had authorized. On Jan. 5, 1972, Abrams gave Lavelle permission to go after a GCI installation in Moc Chau, which was controlling MIGS flying over Laos and North Viet Nam. After the strike, Abrams sent along full reports to Washington; two days later the Joint Chiefs of Staff told him that the strike had exceeded the rules. That, so far as Abrams was concerned, ended that kind of activity...
...talks with me, as in his actions, Chau expressed a deep love of his country and his opinion that the Leninist system the Communists were trying to force on his fellow countrymen was a form of immoral slavery every man of good will must fight against. He was critical of some of the things done in the name of the Nationalist cause. He wanted it pure enough to gain the strength needed to win out over Communism and bring meaningful new life to the Vietnamese people...