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Research Review
Zoology Prof Says Chinese Communists
Use Science to Eliminate Insects, Pests
By KAY MILLS
The Chinese Communists
are applying science to reduce
the insect and parasite popu
lations that have plagued their
land for centuries, Dr. Tien-hsi
Cheng, professor of zoology,
said. '
- They have been able to capi
talize ,on the centuries of research
conducted in the,lNctst in develop
ing modern control methods,
Cheng said.
His report on zoological sciences
appearethin "Science in Commu
nist China," an 872-page book pub
lished by the American Associa
tion for the. Advancement of Sci
ence.
:In pre-Communist days; crude
measures were employed against
the "four evils" of the regime—
rats, flies, mosquitoes and spar
rows; Cheng said, but sine 1949
more insecticides have been
Used. Clinical and medical meth
ods are now employed against
parasites.
To illustrate the human methods
long used in Communist, China,
Cheng gave the following account
of the sparrow extermination
campaign:
"During April 19:21, 1958, the
entire population of the nation's
capital, Peking, was mobilized to
take•part Masses of-people carry
ing gongs, drums and bamboo
sticks gathered on roof tops, un
der trees and at places where
sparrows made their nests.
"Scarecrows and red flags were'
planted on some open grounds
and fields and poisoned bait
was scattered in others. No
sooner had the sparrows ap._
peared to search for food in the
mornings and evenings than the
'human sea' burst, beating gongs
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and drums, yelling.. screaming
and waving the bamboo slicks.
"The poor birds were chased
from one place to another, flying
and running for their dear lives,
This relentless pursuit continued
for two hours or so, until most of
the sparrows, now hungry and ex
hausted, dropped to the ground
and were captured without the
least resistance.
"Some took refuge in places
where poisoned bait was scattered
and died after taking a seemingly
hearty meal. In the three days.
over a half a million sparrows
were destroyed." -
With the help of Russian crop
dusting, planes and pilots, the
Communists have virtually end
ed locust infestations over trail
. lions of acres that formerly -
were laid bare by the pests,
Cheng wrote.
Soviet Russia has • also con
tributed other generous technical
assistance, although in the last
five years "work in the field of
zoology has been better organized
and executed by China's own sci
entists," he — wrote.
By order of party leader Mao
Tse-tung. the Chinese have been
emphasizing applied science in•
making these tremendous strides,
Cheng said, adding, that rather
little has been done in basic sci
ence. Consequently. Cheng
cau
; of the danger of under
estimating the practical achieve
ments of science there.
"The philosophy of 'science
for science's sake' is denounced
as reactionary and indifferent
to China's practical problems: it
is considered a luxury which
Communist China can ill af
ford."
"It has taken years of trial and
lerror for the Western world to
achieve its present state of de-
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wrote. "To expect that zoology In
Communist China . . . will . equa
that of the West in the next dec
ade or so is overly optimistic, but
to find comfort or even contempt
on the basis of the present status
is equally unrealistic."
Cheng added that "to undertake
pioneering work in scientific re
search in an atmosphere of sus
pense and under conditions of
rigid regimentation is a task which
few of us appreciate ... As far as
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