Word: yao
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...middle and rich peasants are afraid to expose their wealth, fearing that somebody may come along to borrow from them without returning the loans-"like tigers borrowing pigs." The report quoted Middle Peasant Ho Yao-hsiang: "Why bother to make production such a success? It will be sufficient if you grow enough to keep yourself fed. Once you make a success of your production, your staircase will be leveled by the footsteps of visitors." Others were afraid of being accused of exploitation. "Because Poor Peasant Kan Yao-ching once lent grain to Kan Yung-lin, the masses wanted to promote...
...Warren Gilbertson, 42, who combines the artist's soaring imagination with the craftsman's practical knowledge of his tools. Last week he was demonstrating the fact anew with a series of glowing vases, cups and bowls which looked extraordinarily like China's classic Sung dynasty Chien-yao ware (better known by its Japanese name: Temmoku...
...Communists are striving to subject to their will all other Chinese institutions, the school, the temple, the farm. Peking maintains a steady war against Christian missionaries, who are being harassed and slowly driven out of the country. Wu Yao-tsung, former Shanghai Y.M.C.A. official, expressed Peking's attitude on religion: "God is truth, truth is found in Communism; therefore in joining Communism, a man is worshiping...
Sociology Professor Chou Ching-yao: "I used to assign English books to my students, and always wanted my students to go to America . . . This was a most serious crime...