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Workers and Peasants Burdened as China Drives Industrial Age
In-depth look at China under Mao as 500 million peasants labor to propel the nation into modernization. From communal dining halls to revived individual farms, conditions show progress yet persist in hardship. Red Guards increasingly intrude on harvests, prompting Mao to call for focus on farming.
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China
John Roderick
Tokyo
People’s Republic of China
Mary Sue’ Miller
Chicago
Sun-Times
Features Syndicate
Dundee
Illinois
Nough
Mao Tsetung
Mao