Editorial October 26, 1998 Issue

More than a wish ...

Mary Metzner Trammell

"Of course, no one here believes in God," the young tour guide told us, as we rumbled through the South China countryside. "No one goes to church or to the temple."

"No one?" someone ventured from the back of the van.

"No one!" she repeated emphatically. "Of course, we're free to go to church now. But only the old people actually go. The people who were her before. ..."

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