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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...
...must know your great statesman Wang An-shih...
...said without hesitation, "I think your government should introduce the same reforms as Wang An-shih advocated in his time...
...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...
...others charged with troublemaking. Gaping crowds gathered to watch Shanghai's tumbrils rumble past. On a typical day, in the yellow brick courtyard of the police station, swift sentence of death by shooting was meted out to three prisoners for plotting to overthrow the government. One was Wu Shih-wen, 36, from far-off Manchuria. According to custom, Wu knelt to write his last words. He admonished his wife: "Please marry again. Do not remember me any more." He instructed his nephew: "Be filial to your grandmother so as to redeem my crimes...