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Datung: dPV *n . 1 strengti In Numl DAIUNG ? For most ^ people, the strength of the ^ People's Republic of China comes solidly from the past. That's why the Great Wall (the Long Wall of Ten Thousan Li) symbolically slices the northern province and thrills the Chinese and visitors with its firmly rooted 3,000-mile expanse into mountainous areas. ? It is a monument that during 221-206 B.C., protected the Han people from the Huns, and that made the Ming Dynasty feel secure from the Northern un desirables in 1368-1644. But the stone, brick and earth that planted a colossal structure pales in comparison to the real strength of China ^ since the beginning of its time ? her people. On the streets of Datung, the thousands of bikes that men ana women pedal nome with sacks of food or grain on their backs are parked with care inside the homes. The bicycle is the Chinaman's necessity and luxury; and when the roads are full of the A two-wheelers, it sf*?ms that W the factory where they are made has more than enough business. AROUND nocturnal Datung, many people spend more time in the street than inside the one or two rooms they call home. On the w Chinese ( from page 4 advanced. ^ At the engineering school ^ where Phil, a Oberlin College graduate is an instructor in English, the students have a hahit nf npwpr t^Linn nr?tp? and whispering constantly to each other while their teacher is trying to educate them. But if Shanxi students are any indication of how young Chinese people are curious, IP then it is a curious, eager nation to be told how things are elsewhere. One student, An Jingfu, a student in the foreign languages department, said he took a special interest in American theatre. He listed Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and Edward Albeer as his favorite ^authors and hopes to get in contact with USC students interested in theatre. His girlfriend, another foreign language student, i j L Ift ber corners, unlit and auiet. people congregate in the dark, bikes passing silently, swerving expertly to miss a pedestrian. The end of the street is suddenly lit up as a bonfire is approached and a meal is being prepared for a number of people. Still others pass by, unnoticing, heads bowed, pointed toward home. Pairs of young girls stay together, arm-in-arm, softly crooning childhood songs. No one seems to look at anyone else. The dirt roads see an occasional car or truck rumble by, while little boys scamner Hnu/n nitrh-hlarL ,? I alleyways, into darkness. FEW OF the brick and clay homes, built small and close together, are lighted inside. A few have a purple-white neon light glowing over a supper table, the walls decorated with pictures torn from magazines. Cupboards protect the family treasures, heirlooms or the onlv thine / o worth owning for some. The dark streets wind like mazes in a twisted puzzle, and only those who are familiar dare try to go anywhere. Still, the area is content, secure; there is no reason to steal or argue, laugh or cry. Serenity is Datung, at least in the outskirts of the city where the people are always coming back at certain hours ^urious discussed her training in the Engiish language and dutifully enjoyed her role as one of the translators selected for the delegation's visit. At about 8 p.m. Sept. 9, the group witnessed a display of acrobatics, aeilitv. con V / cent rat ion and sheer practice as a nearby school put on a gymnastics exhibition. Not only were martial arts, floor exercises and bar exercise performed masterfully, but the following concentration method made everybody ?L?:_ I 1- : 1:-I?I Micmr mtrii iiccui* ill uibutriitri. He urns, known as a salesman and worker, the only descriptions attached to a man called Guo Liu-Deng, a 300-pound hulk willing to perform. He laid on his thick, underneath a pile of fagged, broken glass and with a wiggle, pushed the massiue see page <j and going out again. It's a true reflection of the 1 way people contribute to the f party system or how they | work for themselves. In any | case, it becomes a 1 / i ? prescription ior living in peace | ? at least somewhat better 1 than they had before. AS IN the outer city the coal mines that make up much of the livelihood of work in Datung, employ the people whose lives are centered around coal. With cigarettes clenched between teeth and wearing the drab, dirty, kelly green clothes known to all, the coal minorc mit in itioir Innn U/-?n?-o IIIIIIVI t> p'Ml III IIIVII IVII^ I IVUI J digging, hauling and mining I ?1901 Domino's Puis, Inc. nuHMnHanaMnan 4 TheF throughout the day. 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