CHINA: Kao's Dragon

Inside the great paper dragon which twists & turns through Chinese streets in festive parades are Chinese men. Last week the great paper dragon of Chinese industry was shuffled in its vertebrae, and up to the head and most honored position moved Kao Kang.

For two years stolid, square-faced Kao has been Communist boss of Mukden (Manchuria), center of such industry as exists in China today. In Manchuria there are more Russians than in any other part of Red China. Kao, who visited Moscow in 1949, has long been a slavish imitator of Russian methods. Last week he received a...

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