Word: hsia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rollcall of Revolt. Last week, at 50, Stalin Prizewinner Ting Ling and Chen Chi-hsia, another eminent Chinese writer, found themselves under savage attack by the Union of Chinese Writers on charges of "rightist conspiracy" to establish a Western-style democratic system in China...
...Chinese, and-like its modern water tower disguised as a pagoda-to blend much of the best of two civilizations. With a faculty that was two-thirds Chinese and one-third American and European, students studied the Bible and Shakespeare, learned the history of their ancient dynasties from Hsia to Ching. They learned basketball and Chinese boxing, studied ancient dances and whistled the latest U.S. tunes, wore Chinese gowns and rode bicycles. On their own campus, students and scholars lived in easy harmony, with the Yenching motto-"Freedom through Truth for Service" -as their common guide...
Meanwhile, Hsia Tou-yin, warlord of Wu's native Hupeh province, had given Wu a job as tax collector. Wu went to work in Hankow, "the Chicago of China," and within six months had balanced Hankow's municipal budget. This achieve ment attracted Chiang Kai-shek's interested attention. In 1932 Chiang appointed the 28-year-old Wu mayor of Hankow...