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Americans See China Through Two Texan Olympians
AP Special Correspondent Will Grimsley reports two young Americans from Texas, Terry Porter and Roland Carter, visiting Peking and Canton to study China during two weeks with the 1976 Olympic track team. They contrast life under Mao with Western freedoms, noting food for 900 million, pervasive state planning, bicycles as main transport, and a hospitable yet disciplined society. The tour includes Shanghai’s kindergartens, communal visits, and a mix of admiration and concern over individual enterprise and religion.
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