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Contents6

1．Mankind6

2．The Oldest Face in the World8

3．The"Green Revolution"12

4．The All-Encompassing Environment14

5．On the Importance of People16

6．English Language18

7．Chinese Coins on the East African Coast20

8．China and the Indian Ocean24

9．The Early Years of Shanghai26

10．Yumen Then and Now30

11．Agnes Smedley32

12．Edgar Snow's Return36

13．Japanese Capitalism38

14．Woman in Japan Today40

15．How Much Japan Knows About the Jews44

16．Lenin on India and Asia46

17．The Caste System in India50

18．Agrarian Problem in India52

19．Tourism in India56

20．The Ancient Middle East58

21．Iran62

22．Israel's Dependence on U．S64

23．The Copts in the Nile Valley66

24．Portugal's Collapse in Africa70

25．Tunisia74

26．Agrarian Situation in Tanzania76

27．Eradication of Malaria78

28．Cut in Whale Quotas82

29．Singapore84

30．Indonesia86

31．Agriculture in Italy90

32．Bureaucracy and Education in Italy92

33．Workless Youth in the Italian South94

34．Murder on the Milk Train98

35．Norway100

36．European Capitalism's Reserve Army104

37．Stone Age People in Australia106

38．Australia110

39．Capital Concentration in Britain112

40．Inflation114

41．Job Seekers in Britain Examined116

42．Equal Pay in England120

43．Bicycle Made in Britain122

44．Power Crisis Talks in London124

45．Thousands More Workers Laid Off124

46．Unhappy Building Industry126

47．Rain Aids Crops128

48．Sugar Shortage in Britain130

49．Cuts in Mail Services132

50．Gale Kills People134

51．X-Ray to Scan Luggages136

52．Blasts in London138

53．Letter Bomb140

54．Children at Risk140

55．Boy Abandoned142

56．Missing Person in Great Britain144

57．Author Murdered in London148

58．Army of Thieves150

59．Higher Education in Britain152

60．Navy Shadows Warships156

61．A Multinational Empire158

62．The Soviet Jews160

63．The Family in the Soviet Union162

64．The Russian Conquest of Siberia166

65．The Settlement of Siberia168

66．Population and Labour in Siberia172

67．Nazi Massacre in Babi Yar174

68．The Drift from the Land178

69．The 1972 Soviet Wheat Deal182

70．Material Conditions in USSR184

71．The Soviet Navy188

72．Air Force Competition190

73．Underground Shopping Centre192

74．Rise of U．S．Industrial Society196

75．Rise of the U．S．Superpower198

76．A Book Review—Superpower:A Portrait of America in the 70s202

77．U．S-China Peoples Friendship Association204

78．Six Monopoly Capitalists in the U．S．208

79．Governor Brown of California212

80．Barbara Jordan:Rising Political Star214

81．Charles E．Bohlen218

82．Paul Robeson:Revolutionary Artist220

83．Two Crucial Tapes224

84．The Fall of Spiro Agnew224

85．U．S．President Ford Almost Killed226

86．Henry Kissinger230

87．Social Parties in Washington232

88．Nepotism in U．S．Congress236

89．Trick Played by U．S．Government240

90．Soaring Gas Prices242

91．Capturing Clean Gas and Oil from Coal244

92．The Bad News About Oil246

93．Alaska Oil248

94．The Multinational Corporations250

95．Sugar Profits and Rockefeller252

96．Grain Export Paying for Oil Import256

97．New U．S．Farmland258

98．An Act of Charity262

99．Slavery on U．S．Farms262

100．Perceiving Poverty Among the Plenty266

101．The Afro-Americans270

102．Black Hit Hardest by Crisis274

103．Racist Killing276

104．The Illegal Jobholders in U．S．280

105．U．S．Households Getting Smaller282

106．Why So Many Wives Are Running Away284

107．Black-Market Babies in U．S．288

108．The Killer Society292

109．U．S．Street Gangs294

110．Philadelphia's Youth Gangs298

111．Street Gangs in Detroit300

112．Youth Gangs in Chicago302

113．Street Gangs in Los Angeles306

114．Youth-gangs in New York City308

115．Kidnaping310

116．Private Police312

117．Crowded Prisoners316

118．"Now I Can Live Again"318

119．Vandalism in U．S．A．322

120The Question of Death324

121．Suicides in the U．S．A．326

122．U．S．Airliner Crashes into Sea330

123．Crisis in U．S．Schools332

124．Inflation on the Campus334

125．How Many U．S．Children in School?338

126．The University ofTexas340

127．Student Rally in Boston344

128．Against Laxity inGrading346

129．Joint Forces for Tourism350

130．Doctors'Strike352

131．The Costs of Arms Race354

132．Latin America356

133．Brazil358

134．Peasants in Brazil360

135．A Rich Man in America364