CHINA: Brain Washing

China's Red masters have a special word for thought control: hsueh hsi, or "the practice of learning." China's plain people use a more telling expression: Communist indoctrination, which presses on them without pause or pity, is simply hsi nao, or "washing the brain." From Hong Kong last week, TIME Correspondent Robert Neville cabled a survey of brain washing in Red China:

Correct Thinking. "Incorrect" thoughts in Red China may be punished by anything up to death. "Correct" thoughts can often be the sure path to success. This probably explains why millions of mainland...

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