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These methods would probably not have been used so extensively and successfully were it not for the dollop of capitalism that the Chinese have added to their 38-year-old Communist society. The state continues to own the land, but the large old communes are essentially gone and individual peasant families are now responsible for looking after plots. Although broad policies remain centralized, says Wittwer, "the peasant contracts to deliver ((to the state)) a certain amount of an agricultural commodity that he produces at a fair price. In return, he is free to produce -- by himself or with a group...
...their praise of Chinese agriculture, Wittwer and his colleagues concede that an abundant food supply for the growing population is by no means assured for the coming decades. One-third of the cultivated land, they note, is too saline, dry or eroded for maximum crop yields. National grain production, after years of rapid increases, has started to level off. Chinese leaders realize that to make further gains they may have to turn increasingly to more advanced farming technology, from sophisticated erosion-control methods to still wider use of chemical fertilizers...
...oldest of the independent homelands, is a case in point. Its first Prime Minister, Kaiser Matanzima, now 72, quickly established an authoritarian presence and installed his younger brother George as his successor when he became President in 1979. Together the Matanzimas managed to acquire large amounts of state land to add to their already substantial farming interests. More recently, however, the brothers had a falling out. The rift was exacerbated when Kaiser, now semiretired, feared that George, 68, was about to be unseated as a result of corruption charges. Two weeks ago, while George was recuperating from an unspecified illness...
Which suggests that the most political fun this season may be found among the Republicans seeking the nomination, if that is not an oxymoron. There is a new phenomenon abroad in the land, and it has just begun to pique the curiosity of the pollsters and the handlers. Call it Dole...
...LAND ON MOON (July...