THE CHINA MAIL,
SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1958. -
A REPORT ON CHINA, 1958 JACOBY
by FREDERICK ELLIS who travelled 20,000 miles -to present this thought-provoking article
THIS POSTER. FOR EXAMPLE, MAKES NO BONES ABOUT IT
London,
AFTER a month inside Mao's China I say this generation faces, the most potent
aver threat from the East: China's two-pronged attack on the West. The first prong is industrial. The second, political. They march together in China.
With the West pre-occupied with events in Europe, the groat_and_growing industrial boom taking place in China is overlooked and unbelieved,
How can a
nation which made such a hesitant start in 20th century ropublicanism suddenly begin building a vast, groat, and ever-growing industrial economy?
makers of turbine
Already the
Cry Fast Wing has pevalle the West. Wind,"
power-house,
I may hint on his return fr
China's first turbine
Yet I have seen an leading industrial revolution taking place that is un-ing equalled in the world's plant at Harbai, history.
1. verdict: "R Is terrific. We are quite jealous of the An Industrial marvel pin is better than noy going on unseen and unre- Bant we have." ported in the
Western Il for fe .specialist world. Achievements that Russian - buil precision are fantastic by any stan- ctiles, the whole plant has been made by the Chinese, Ada dards.
the turbines is turns out need to of a wristwatch.
The market
The The ban an selling to the over Cominuinde comfrice goods of
zo-called strategie importanes.
The nation's 630 million have been galvanised into an almant religion frenzy by their lenders claim to develop the greatest domalle market in the world,"
To print the Mal of goods Britain will not allow to be sold to China would overfil a page of the China Moll. It ranges from horrors ke polypriduoto chloroethylene down to a can of petrol,
But
the ban,
which la American-inspired, has been effectively Impoood.
Because of Parly Britain old but 3444. worth of goods per hend 10 China's
And to bolster that claim the chinese Communist be's declare that China whil
1 have seen the flow of Rockly be built ta precision slundards place immense orders to speza mlions last year.
Chinwer
plants
tran the eingetring in their variety and often in complexity.
Vast
Always unwards and upwards surges this, glani Industrial Red Dragen.
I have indeed seen the worker: ef the world at their benches on But never the lye continents.
the development (market.
Lif this vast
A mere £12,000,000-worth of British goods trickled through Orders for machinery, the Bemboo Curiatn into China, chements, building materials, where Britain dominated trade
stations, fucks, power
for a century. transport,
What,
Vast and complicated machine tools-madr by n people to have 1 reen much human energy. whom the shovel was virtually is genemled in the factories' chances of sharing
the only tool 10 years ago.
} stood in the huge ultra- neel works in modern Anshun Manchuria, tuming out. 3.000.000
tons of steel a year.
It was run by 100.000 Chinese, most of whom had never seen a soldering iron when the munista swepi Into power,
Com-
and
of Chino,
then, aru Britain's this in- dustrial cornucopia?
After a month touring CHInn's They all work in
days t weels, Most factories are on two industrit entres am talking to Peking I report round the clock, the officials in akifts, many
driven They are
on by the that they are altider,
Great pulitical slogan, The Leap Forwarde
Faint
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The set target is Britala, with In battle cry, plastered They are faint because of one
Overtake of overy factory:
biggest. post-war Britain in insustrial production political blunders the trading Lanbargo imposed by the West in the Soviet bloc, including ed Ching.
Listen to the testimony of a Swka engineer, Mr W. A. in 15 years." Thomann, powerhouse chief
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Symbolic!
1972
"The Big Leap Forward," says the Chinese text on the poster. And the ever-eager Chinese worker-hero brushes aside the Union-Jucketed business man in the race to beat British production by 1972.
Eritain has, on Histi
thc
banned handling truck surrounded by
Chinese-made nõpies.
In the coming decado China
I talked to one of the heads of the State Planning Cominis- sion, which mustermir:da The Grit Leap Forward.
stantly he told me: "The Politically, the crabarga has embargo means nothing to us, produced even more disastrous will be able to flood her neigh- on the contrary, It has done you, whether she wanted 16 or not, will make
voults. It has forced China, bouring markets with goods that the Japanese look to become an economic vassal dear....and Britain's beyond With a band smile te ndde:t: of Russia.
price. "We should be grateful to the Americans for the embargo policy. It has forced us to doves top our
resources and indusky much faster than we would have done."
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That is the tepgvey of the policy.
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Almost overnight a nation of pensando has been forced to becouse hizhly skilled engineers
and bechalelons. It is na awe- Inspiring spectacle.
Stepping in
For Russia stepped in swiftly to supply the Chinese with the goods the West banned. And now Chinese industry is basech almost exclusively on Russian machines and techniqués,
At Harbin alone the Chinese will make for themselves power ations nearly half as big again as we will allow the Chiness in buy from 19.
With a tremendous shortage
markt.
The Afro-Asian nations watch China's efforts with envy and sumiration,
Politically, what is going in Ching sells Communism as the cure-all to the undeveloped courdsics.
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with the Chinese super to sell Industrially It sets an exaraple complete industrial plants to sympathetic countries.
And while this. fantastic
of power in China, Britain has industrial revolution ROX on thrown dway да enorious apace the Western politicians bumble away in Paris on, a ITKY dcbate · 10 BY It the More than 80 per cent of embargo list can be modlited. China's foreign tride in with
The Chinese are turning out the Soviet bloc, mainly mussia. for themselves goods which The Western share is only nine would have been tradional' por cent-with Britain collecting British exports for years.
the crumbs.
And with a wrY gence of In all the plants. I visited I humour they are alreatly offer- gnw but one. bit of Brilish ing for cxport goods that · equipment-a fonely mechanlen)
FERDINAND
ON MONDAY:
The Big Chance For Britain
CHESS
ON BRIDGE
South Stumbles
On Optimism
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By OSWALD JACOBY WITH 23 high card points and alne probably winning tricks, South had a reasonable two big but not an outstanding one.
North visualised a slim' but started proceeding by merely bidding three spades, ⠀ When South bid four and five. no -trump, North was delighted to show his and ace and ono king, and when South went to seven spades, North put down his dummy with great, confidence. Ne certainly was 'surprised when South struggled away and finally had to go down one trick,
Obviously the binme for the loss of the small 'slam and rubber must go to South. Where did he go wrong?
NORTH
AJ9765
VAKJ +832
74
WEST
EAST
43
82
JB84
QP5
J003
Q1035
SOUTH (D)
Q1070 J1074
AKQ104
52
AK6
MAKZ
Both vulnerabl
Boath
Wert North Fant
2
Pars 3
Foss
4 N.T.
Pass
PRES
GN.T.
Pani
Pusa
PALE Pass
FREE
Opening leath♦ ♬
South made a mistake that lots of bridge players make. He for- got that his partner tad heard his two bid.
South merely should have bid four diamonds after" his patiner's spade raise. Then if North had |signed off at four spades, South
should have quit right there. Or course, North would have bid four hearts, whereupon South could have tried five clubs.
The partnership might stil have reached seven, North might
by LEONARD BARDEN have Jumped there tins, bit
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Here is a problem specially contributed by F. Bennett (Australia). White to play and mate in two moves.
Solution No. 5437: 1. B31: 2.BXB, P-E7; 3 R-R7, B-B4 ch or 2 E-R7. BB ch, 3 K-K2, BXR; 4 BxB P-R7: or 2 BXP ch, H-B1; 3 1~KIU, B-84 ch; or 2 0—03. BXR; 37XB. P-R7.
London Express Service
By Mik
probably North would have taken heed of his rather poor distribution and contented him- ) self with a six bid.
In that case South should have Frealised that he had shown ell | his strength and passed at the
right contract.
+CARD Sendek♦
Q-The bidding has been:
South Weat
Eust
North
I
2
Pass
?
14 Pasa
Yo, South, hold:
AQ65 44
4A32 VEJ 1076 What do you do? A-Pass. The bidding is noi over, and 'silli more hearts may be bid.
TODAY'S QUESTION. The bidding continues with two no-trump by West and three no trump by East. What do you do now?
Answer on Monday
DDE
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
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