Word: shanghai
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...anonymity, were wary of proclaiming an individuality or a prosperity that might later be used against them. They had to be urged. Said a Peking commentator: "Let a few pioneers set the example and the masses will follow." To push the new look, fashion shows were staged in Peking. Shanghai, Canton and other cities. Despite warnings against tight dresses and too much "making up," sales of brassieres and Imperial Concubine face powder (named for a famous beauty of the Tang dynasty) shot up. A government official even spoke of "the beauty of curves." A dress shop opened last week...
China Christian Advocate in Shanghai for five years, later (in 1924) changed to the nondenominational Protestant Christian Century. Through its pages, he took as his congregation all men who shared his faith that Christian ideals still make sense in the 20th century...
...cover, businessmen and industrialists were pressured with endless "struggle meetings" (brainwashing) and forced to pay fines and "back taxes" of fantastic sums. Many were arrested, killed, or detained for days and nights by activists among their own employees. Literally hundreds of thousands committed suicide. At one time in Shanghai, the Bund on the Whangpoo River was roped off, the roofs of tall buildings were guarded to prevent suicides, and residents developed the habit of avoiding walking on the pavement near skyscrapers for fear that suicides might land on them from the rooftops...
Ordinary people stay off the streets after 8 p.m., and people who do venture out are shadowed by police, often disguised as beggars or pedicab drivers. Although today the mass trials are mostly held in country areas, arrests are still frequent in the big cities. In Shanghai bodies are still hauled to the crematories in lowsided trucks, with splashes of blood visible on the victim's clothing. Said a Shanghai housewife, recently arrived in Hong Kong: "If you hailed me in the street as a friend...
...once thriving commercial life. By 1952, 58% of the economy was under government control. Because the Communists control raw materials, retail prices, staff hirings and firings, and can demand exorbitant taxes at will, private businessmen have no alternative but to give up. By last November, 70% of all Shanghai firms had been handed over. Since then socialization of business has been speeded up, and complete transformation, already achieved in many smaller cities, is soon expected...