41. From Bamboo Strips to Bound Books

THE earliest written records in China date back 3,500 years. These are the oracle bone inscriptions, the accounts of divination incised on flat animal bones by order of the rulers of the later Shang

Author: LIU KUO-CHUN    Year 1962 Issue 4 PDF HTML

42. Experiments in Fish Breeding

INTERESTING experiments to increase the production of fish are being made by members of the Kwangtung Research Institute of Aquatic Products in Canton.Among the many varieties of fish bred in the

Author: YU WEI,LIU CHUN    Year 1962 Issue 7 PDF HTML

43. More Waterways for Huai-an

RICE AND WHEAT now grow aplenty on the well-irrigated land of Huai-an county in north Kiangsu province. Yet this area, situated in the lower reaches of the Huai River and cut across from north to

Author: WANG CHUN-KAO    Year 1962 Issue 11 PDF HTML

44. THE SIAN INCIDENT

TWENTY-SIX years ago, on December 12, 1936, Chiang Kai-shek was captured by two of his subordinating officers whose wrath, like that of the Chinese people, had been aroused by his policy of

Author: SHEN PO-CHUN    Year 1962 Issue 12 PDF HTML

45. Petroleum Output Shows Marked Rise

CHINA'S petroleum industry, having already met its Second Five-Year Plan (1958-1962) production target two years ahead of time, registered in 1962 a further increase of 10.8 per cent over the

Author: TIEN CHIH-CHUN    Year 1963 Issue 4 PDF HTML

46. A MISSION TO REMEMBER

AMONG the many agricultural air operations I flew in the busy year 1962, the one our crew made to control pear-tree pests at the Tayupao commune in the northeastern province of Liaoning will always

Author: PAO HSIANG-CHUN    Year 1963 Issue 4 PDF HTML

47. 'Determliiation'

Author: Hua Chun-wu    Year 1963 Issue 12 PDF HTML

48. Sino-Japanese Trade - New Growth and Big Future

TRADE between China and Japan has expanded greatly in the past three years. Its total volume in 1962 was double that of 1961, and there was another considerable increase in 1963. The types of

Author: MA CHUN-LEI    Year 1964 Issue 1 PDF HTML

49. Two Sons

OLD MAN TU was fifty-five and a master fitter in a steel mill. He lived a simple life. His woollen pull-down cap had been worn to a shine, but he refused to get a new one. However, the sight of his

Author: HU WAN-CHUN    Year 1964 Issue 2 PDF HTML

50. Chen Yung-kang, Farmer and Scientist

INSPIRING news came from the Soochow administrative region of south Kiangsu, one of China's highest-yielding rice-growing areas, during the 1963 harvest. On 400,000 hectares the unit-area yield of

Author: PAO CHUN-KUANG    Year 1964 Issue 5 PDF HTML