Speaking of Mao Tse-deng, Jung Chang describes a community effort in driving away wildlife:
"He took a dislike to sparrows--they devour grain. So every household was mobilized. We sat outside ferociously beating any metal object, from cymbals to saucepans, to scare sparrows off the trees..." Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, Simon and Schuster: New York, 1991.
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