CHINA REVISITED AFTER FORTY-TWO YEARS

by Chiang Yee. (The Silent Traveller.)

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W.W. Norton, New York, 1977, first edition.. 180 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0393087913 Illustrated with the author's b&w drawings and calligraphy. "In 1933, Chiang Yee, then the governor of a district in China, was forced to leave his homeland after an argume. nt with a warlord. The China he left was an unhealthy country: a weak central government unable to control the power of the warlords; a deteriorating economic condition; a reputation for corruption based on an ill-defined and unsatisfactory land. - t a x system; widespread illiteracy and famine. As leader of a district, Mr. Chiang's aim was to help wipe out social evils. His efforts were futile. In 1975, after an absence of forty-two years, Chiang Yee returned to China. In this book he t. el ls o f his travels and records his impressions of the new China as compared with the China he left. In addition, his two grown daughters, who, along with their mother, remained in China, provide another prespective on China's progress. As Mr. . Chi ang tr avels through China, he tells of his visits to both well-known and less familiar landmarks; he describes the communes and factories of light industry which have been built in the last twenty-five years. He attends the May First celebrat. ion - th e im portant festival of labor. But, above all, he contrasts the backward country he left with the brand-new independent nation that has been emerging in the last twenty-five years. He points with pride to the accomplishments: 800 million. Chi nese livin g and working together in a united spirit; the feeling of peace and prosperity; no unemployment; sufficient food for all; great technical, scientific, and educational advances; increased literacy; universal medicare; and vast improve. ments in t he sta tus of women." Minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor edge wear. Dust jacket is price clipped, very light edge wear/wrinkling at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds, light browning at edges, light rubbing, minor soiling. . Very G ood+/V ery Goo d.

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