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...rather amused by the footnote to your story of Hainan Island [TIME, Jan. 30]. It states, inter alia, that "Premier Wang An-shih's statism [1069-76] reduced China to economic and political chaos." This reminds me of an episode which, I think, may be worth mentioning...
...Hainan, are some 25,000 Red guerrillas. They control about 40% of the island...
Hope & Heart. The Chinese came to Hainan in in B.C. For centuries the island was a torrid Siberia where imperial dynasts often dumped political foes. * Between 1939 and 1945 the Japanese transformed Hainan into another kind of imperial base. On the undeveloped, malarial outpost, they established military camps, dredged a deepwater harbor at Yulin on the south coast, developed rich iron mines, built a hydroelectric plant, cement factory and fish cannery. The Japanese enterprises have deteriorated because the Hainanese lack replacement parts and maintenance skill. Hsueh is tearing down one of two arsenals and shipping it to Formosa...
...Hainan hand, a foreigner who has lived on the island for 25 years, gives the Little Tiger credit for the beginning of progress. "Why, the people are actually showing some respect for the soldiers," he says. "If they have the heart to fight, these troops could make it tough for the Communists...
...Most celebrated was Su Tung Po (1036-1101), who was exiled for three years to Hainan. Poet, painter, engineer and herbalist, Su fought against the state socialism of Premier Wang An-shih, who favored government monopoly of retail and wholesale trade, government control of transport (horses) and credit (loans to farmers). After eight years, Wang's statism reduced China to economic and political chaos...