Monday, May 5, 1980
Chinese group tastes life in U.S.
By TERESA RIORDAN Staff Reporter
"One hundred times of listening to others talk about something is not as good as seeing it one time with your own eyes."
Hu Lignie, the leader of a 10-member delegation from China that stopped at the University of Kansas Saturday, said this old rival was "a man who didn't finish his first visit to the United States.
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HU, WHO IS the speaker of the house in the Henan People's Congress, said through a translator that his wife had told him about the United States when she visited here last year, but his understanding of Americans was greatly deepened by his own visit.
The all-male delegation, sporting small sunflowers and KU manikins on the lapels of their gray-cotton suits, consisted of 18 foreign students and experts from the Henan province in China.
The delegation is here to promote a sister-
relationship between the Kansas State
and encourage agricultural and trade relations, according to John Watson of the Kansas Department of
Most Chinese people do not have a clear perception of Americans, because relations between the two countries have been so close that I learned from another member of the delegation, said.
"Chinese people do not know much about Americans, but they have a friendly attitude toward them," Fani said.
FAN SAID THAT the delegation was anxious to study U.S. science and technology to help modernize China.
Life in China has changed radically because of the great deal of modernization that has taken place since the Gang of Four lost power. "Fan said,
"People live better now because the gang kent China stagnant."
The Gang of Four was ousted several years ago by a new power structure more sympathetic to the West.
Education, the economy, production and agricultural technology have all progressed rapidly in the past few years, according to Fig.
Through the relationship between Henan and Kansas, we hope that we will learn a lot more science and technology to modernize China even more." Fan said.
One aspect of the United States that Fan was most surprised at was the large number of super highways.
"We have no high-speed highways in China." Fan said.
PRIVATELY-OWNED CARS do not exist in China, because all cars are owned by the government, according to Fano.
Fan said that Americans drove too much, and he criticized "big American care that they did not understand the reasons the United States was so dependent on energy that Americans did not know" (Lewis).
"In China we use buses and ride a lot of bicycles for transportation," he said.
One of the delegation's favorite activities since arriving in Kansas last Wednesday was a Kansas City Royals baseball game, according to Fan.
"The delegation really enjoyed it even though we didn't quite understand it," Fan said.
Basketball, volleyball and table tennis are currently very popular in China. he said.
"We hope the game will soon come to China," he said.
BASEALL APARTENY! Please fan more than American food. He said that when he brought his food and food and had develop a liking for fried chicken, he did not care for the red meat and chicken.
"I still perfer Chinese food and its pork, chicken, fish and vegetables," he said.
today with Gov. John Carlin, came to Kansas in response to Carlin's trip to China last August.
The delegation. which will have lunch
A possible exchange program between Keng and the Chung-Chow University in Huea, China, is being discussed, according to Jim Scally, administrative assistant at the university.
AFTER A BUS tour of the main campus, the delegation停放 for tours at the Space Technology Center, the Kansas Geological and the University Computer Center.
KU recently established programs with two other Chinese universities when a KU delegation led by her visited vice掌理 chancellor, visited China in April.
Much of the tour moved slowly, because presentations had to be translated to Chinese by Guy Abito, professor of history and art at the university who served as interpreter for the group.
He said the delegation was very impressed by the advanced level of technology in the United States and at the University.
After the tour, delegates attended a reception at the Union and had dinner with Chancellor Archie R. Dykes and other University officials and faculty.
The delegation, which already has visited Washington D.C., Detroit and Chicago, will end its month-long trip by flying to Hawaii and attend a symposium at University and Wichita State University.
Literary litter bin behind Watson
There is a temporary library in the trash bin behind Watson Library.
Hundreds of books discarded by the Regents Press of Kansas can be checked out forever by anyone with the gumpun to do a little digging and rummaging.
"We've been trying to give those books away for years," said John Langley, director of the Regents Press.
The books, published by the University Press of Kansas (now the Regents Press), are out of print and "unsalable," Langley said.
of the books, "Issues 1968," include essays by Robert F. Kennedy, Afl Landon, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ronald Reagan.
Many of the books were damaged and had been in the attic of Watson for several years, but they now have no more use in cleaning in preparation for the Press' move from Watson to Carruth O'Leary this year.
Reagan's essay begins: "I am speaking here today neither as an academic nor as a politician. I do not have the training to be the one who the aspiration to be the second."
In his essay on "New Challenges in International Relations," Landmaintains that "the only effective means of enforcing the laws is by naval blockade, not to mention air cover."
For those looking to supplement their personal libraries, there are several unused and undamaged books available.
But hurry—the trashman cometh
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