Just a Small Cog——Reflections on My 30-Year Experience as a Foreign Affairs Worker in Shanghai

On an autumn day in 1964, I stepped into the Foreign AffairsOffice of Shanghai, a short-haired former school teacher,dressed in white blouse and black skirt, apparently with all the verveof a youngster and the nervousness of a student on first enteringcollege. One of the leading officials in the room said to his colleagues:"She is now the youngest among us." This was the scene how I joinedthe staff there.     

Rewi Alley:Great New Zealander in China——Random Notes on His Autobiography(Continued)

While initiating the Gung Ho movement 60years ago, Rewi Alley, Edgar and Peg (orHelen) Snow formed a trinity, each playing a dis-tinctive role. Peg advanced the idea of organizingChinese industrial cooperatives. According toEdgar, the motive force for the plan came from