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but some of the ones who were sacrificing the most personally to be with us seemed to be the most enthusiastic and eager to help.
Besides our guides, we met Chinese people at their places of work—factories, schools, a prison, a university, at hospitals, in their homes. These people had agreed in all occasions to our visit but never behaved as if we were just another flock of foreigners. They were always patient when we asked them questions, enduring past the point where anyone else would have cried “Enough!”
Communication At Last
On one occasion, when a group of eight Chinese involved in the legal system began to ask us questions, we learned to appreciate the patience required to listen first to an English explanation and then to hear it translated into Chinese. This session was the high point of the trip because everyone felt we had achieved communication. Not only were the Chinese explaining their system and work to us but we were telling them at their request about how things were done in the U.S. The contrasts evoked laughter from both groups.
One of the last things we did in China was to visit the Peasants Institute in Canton, an historical site where strategy for the revolution was born. It is housed in beautiful old temple buildings in the middle of the city. There, we were told, Mao and Chou-en Lai worked with others to set up a school in the 1920’s to educate about 250 Chinese from various provinces. They were taught communist propaganda and organization and the expectation and necessity for violent revolution to achieve their
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