Last week, in Chungking, the People's Political Council concluded the most exciting and memorable meeting in its history. Purely an advisory body,* it had long been regarded as membered by impatient reformers. But this year the Council demanded a full accounting of China's wartime administration and delivered itself of responsible criticism on every part of China's crisis. Result: a sudden ray of hope in China's blackest year.
When the council met, there was nothing to distinguish this meeting from a dozen others. In the assembly hall a blue and white banner over the platform bore the legend "love and security."...
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