Chishan county in Shansi province, a model in medical and health work, has 11 commune hospitals. From 1952, they rallied the masses in prevention and treatment work and cut the incidence of infectious diseases from the early post-liberation 10 percent to 0.5 percent.]

[H]ere was this peculiar-looking, smelly girl who'd made me come for the first time in a year, two years, five, ever, a savory blottoing of consciousness to be grateful for.

Her gentlewomen, like the Nereides, So many mermaids, tended her i’ the eyes, And made their bends adornings […]

... constantly sharing in her li[e since I had moved there the previous October. On this glorious morning, every track in her eastward trail was perfect. She moved in her natural rhythm, a direct registering trot, and I envisioned her gliding through ...