THE BATTALION Page 3
MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1979
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By MARCY BOYCE
Battalion Reporter
China has begun to open its “eyes
and ears, if not its heart” to the out
side world both economically and
culturally as it strives to create a
, . . more modern society, China expert
ai n y thosed) [) r r oss Terrill said at Texas A&M
111 cnse scmii University Thursday night. ,
3rn ' Author of “800,000,000: The Real
China,” Terrill shared his impres
sions of the new China in the MSC
Great Issues presentation of “The
Future of China after Mao. ”
Based on his extensive travel
through China, he said there is now
new attitude toward foreigners,
coupled with a somewhat pro-
American mood. For example, he
said he observed readings of Walt
Whitman’s poetry at which the
Chinese people wept with emotion
as it was translated.
“Sure it was because of the
poetry, but I also think it was be
cause here was something from
America,” Terrill said.
Industry is also the target of dras
tic change. Whereas before, an air
of competing with other countries
pervaded all activity, Terrill said
that now notices on factory walls
encourage competition between
units within a plant, safety standards
and product quality. Moreover,
they have initiated a system of
bonuses for superior production and
output.
“The bonus system is making a
great difference in the spirit of the
country,” he said.
Not only have industry and busi
ness experienced a change in policy.
Entertainment and culture have
been depoliticized, he said, and per
formances at the cinema and theater
now make no reference to military
or political affairs.
For example, Terrill said, a shoot
ing gallery in a park once sported
American soldiers as its targets. But
on his recent visit, he said the sol
diers had been replaced by giraffes
and ducks.
Terrill said the Chinese are seek
ing a balance in their policies. They
realize they will have to take some
steps toward democracy to achieve
modernization, but at the same time
they stress the importance of main
taining centralization.
In fact, Terrill said, he views
these steps toward democracy as a
demand for constitutionality, a gov-
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Construction is about to begin on
a hospital deep in the jungles of
Guatemala that will operate almost
entirely on sunlight.
The 50-75 bed facility was de
signed by a Texas A&M University
graduate student and associate pro
fessor in architecture and
environmental design for an area
where access to electricity is limited
and materials must come from the
immediate area. The two men, Cur
tis W. Haynes and Professor George
J. Mann, took on the project for an
Alabama-based evangelical associa
tion-
The result was an ambulatory
clinic and hospital resembling the
thatched huts typical of the
mountainous Central American na
tion. Total cost is estimated at over
$1 million and will house bases for
dentistry, nutrition, preventative
medicine, prenatal and infant serv
ices, as well as a mobile clinic, and
should be able to serve 150 people
per day, Mann said.
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Dr. Ross Terrill, who has authored a book on China, told a
crowd at Texas A&M Thursday night that the country is
opening to the world in its efforts to create a more modern
society.
eminent of laws, not man, accoun
tability of officials, a period of steady
policy, and due process before the
law.
There is a now certain amount of
frankness from the Chinese press
and in some instances, even from
government officials, he said.
“They are walking this tightrope
— admitting that the problems of
China are fundamental. The frank
ness is good but the analysis, in
many cases, is sobering,” said Ter
rill.
Although last year was a good
year economically for China, Terrill
said raising the standard of living for
Battalion photo by Ken Herrera
a billion people will be difficult.
In addition, increasing trade with
the west will create a deficit as a
need for certain goods, such as oil
drilling equipment, is fulfilled, Ter
rill said. But, he continued, the
Chinese are willing to pay this be
cause they view their country as an
emerging power which will in time
create a trade surplus by exporting
to the third world countries.
Terrill said he believes there are
reasonable prospects for a period of
steadiness in the Chinese political
system, but it will be a long march,
much longer than Mao’s march in
the past.
Engineering
group elects
prof to post
Dr. Neilon J. Rowan, civil en
gineering professor and Texas
Transportation Institute research
engineer, has been elected vice
president of the International In
stitute of Transportation Engi
neers.
Rowan was elected at the In
stitute’s annual meeting in
Canada in late September.
He has served on the organiza
tion’s board of directors and held
all offices in the Texas section of
ITE. Rowan was named Trans
portation Engineer of the Year in
Texas for 1978.
The Institute is a professional
service organization. It serves
6,300 traffic engineers, transpor
tation engineers and other pro
fessionals in the U.S., Canada
and 57 foreign countries.
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