Lean, high-strung Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, big boss of the young Chinese Nationalist Government, worries mightily about the old Chinese virtues of his people. What time he can spare from Communism, Famine, Flood, and Japan he devotes to a moral crusade of his own invention known as the New Life Movement. Neatly codified, the N. L. M. contains such rules as:
I-4, Refrain from creating any sound while drinking or chewing. II-1, Clothes should be kept clean and in good order. II-2, Also well buttoned. II-9, All clothes should be made with native materials....
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