Word: chenge
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...bigger than a matchbook cover, intricately sewn and bound together with gold wire. Its archaeological interest is unique: ancient Chinese texts mentioned jade burial armor as the special privilege of imperial blood, but Tu Wan's shroud-together with its twin, made for her husband, the Prince Liu Cheng-is the first such suit yet unearthed. But that aside, the shroud has an almost hallucinatory air: a green and glittering robot of semiprecious stone, assembled round a dummy. The blunt toes and plated wedge of a nose point at the roof, the eyeless head rests as though...
...that he broaden the base of his government, Cambodia's ailing, half-paralyzed Lon Nol last week called for the resignation of his Cabinet. He then moved to invite three former allies-onetime Deputy Premier Sisowath Sirik Matak, ex-Interior Minister In Tam and ex-Head of State Cheng Heng-to join a superior council, consisting of eleven high-ranking representatives of the nation's political parties, that would act as an advisory body. In fact, most foreign observers thought that Lon Nol's moves were little more than a cosmetic change and doubted that the various...
...guided tour of one such apartment complex, the Feng Cheng workers' residential area, I was introduced to Cheng Wei-ping, a bus dispatcher. Cheng earns 79 yuan a month ($39.50), and his wife earns an identical amount in a nearby cotton mill. Their rent, however, is under 10 yuan per month for bedroom, living room, kitchen alcove and toilet-all unheated. Twenty-five years ago, such accommodations were beyond the reach of anyone but white-collar or professional workers...
Built right into each apartment complex are clinics, schools, grocery shops and usually some light industry. Like most people in Shanghai, the Chengs enjoy telephone service of a sort. On incoming calls a messenger from the telephone service center appears at the Chengs' door. The messenger fee is 1½?. Then, by paying another 2? at the service center a couple of blocks away, Cheng can connect with the calling party, provided the caller has stayed put at his own telephone center...
...also starting a drive to raise money for the people at Wounded Knee," said Cheng. "These telegrams are not the end. We intend to follow up on the situation there...