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...Winds and Clouds over a Funeral, the best story in the collection, a Communist official named Ding Liang finds himself trapped between competing loyalties. On her deathbed, his aged mother has begged him not to have her remains cremated; at the same time, the party is waging a nationwide campaign in favor of cremations so that burials of the dead will not use up more of China's arable land. Clearly, Ding's dilemma calls for a meeting of local party officials, some of whom are his enemies. Follow your conscience, they advise the bereaved and now relieved...
...Ding-dong, the witch is gone...
...want to be gobbled up by China," said Ding Day, whose daughter Shelly Day is in the class...
...capitalizing on them. There's nothing extraordinary about young people forging into new territory, economic or otherwise--it happens in every generation. The presumption that people under 30 nowadays spend their time vacillating between doldrums and self-absorption while playing video games and munching on Hostess cakes and Ding Dongs is preposterous. CHRISTIAN M. COGAN Oakland, Calif...
...Coast Ding. Ch. (at Navy...