After we joined other work groups in transplanting rice, harvesting wheat, afforesting bare hills or digging a canal. All this made us, as nothing el… - Israel Epstein

The absence of greed; faith in an ever-better future; the spirit of service to the people; the prevalence of mutual aid,rarity of theft, and readiness of all ranks of society, and particularly of the youth, to volunteer despite fatigue and peril.

There are ... almost certainly more really active people. And these people are amply sure that they are China, China's future. Not that they say it. But it is apparent in every confident word and action, and smile. I became ever more convinced then that Yan'an was the shape of things to come in China, and the next decade would prove it.

Looking back, and forward, many Hans and Tibetans today do not measure theirrelations by just when, in what ancient dynasty, their unity began or was formalized. Rather, they see as the common meaning of their overall and particular histories, all China's nationalities contributing, from the earliest times to the formation andstability of the historically formed multinational entity.