We do not have a clear picture of what goes on inside that vast and enigmatic core of Asian communism. If the executive branch has such a picture it has not been made public. I suspect that. in fact. neither this Government nor that of any other Western nation possesses a detailed grasp of the actual situation on the Chinese mainland. What we have are scattered fragments of information. Returning travelers note that the flies have been banished from Peking. or the sparrows from Canton. We hear of the harrowing experiences of refugees and repatriated prisoners. We get echoes of an uprising in Tibet or Yunnan. The picture is far from complete.
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