Peking's main thoroughfare, Ch'ang An Avenue, was decked out in holiday garb. Strings of red, pink, turquoise and yellow pennants fluttered gaily above the curb-to-curb crush of bicyclists and horn-tooting motorists, and bright red palace lanterns illuminated the Gate of Heavenly Peace. Not only in Peking but in every Chinese city, village and hamlet, the Lunar New Year celebration was under way last week.
In recent, harsher times, the Chinese were told to cut the holiday short and to avoid frivolity. This year, newspapers and...
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