Word: kansu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chinese emphasis on efficiency and competence can sometimes sound like an American political campaign against Big Government interference. The provincial radio station in Kansu complained in November: "There are too many inspection groups at company, bureau, municipal and provincial levels." The station objected that the number of slogan banners displayed at factories is often used as the criterion for judging whether the plant is doing well. In addition, "there are too many meetings...
...worst of all recorded history. The figures transcend normal comprehension and numb the mind. Officially, the toll at the end of last week stood at 150,000; the only natural catastrophe to claim more lives in this century was the 1920 earthquake that killed 180,000 in Kansu, China. Yet the government concedes that its count is far from complete and that newspaper estimates of 300,000 to 600,000 dead may well prove correct. The Pakistan Times predicted that the figure might rise to 1,000,000. That would place the East Pakistan storm second to mankind...