T asked, "We hear much talk but we sce nothing but wars, destruction, privation and the exploitation of the people, You use fine words, but you do nothing.'
That is because China is weak, yy Whampoa friend Weakness is not only mat spiritual. "Something wrong with us as a race, won't be wrong always. Then we hall be strong and we shall fight. Our weakness is disgraceful but we are gaining strength daily. You foreigners despise us because you think we are like worms, but worms don't fight the way we have been fighting during the past four years. We don't fight like you do, but at the same time, we don't fight like we did ten years ago, More people die in our fights. That means that they are not afraid More soldiers are wounded. That means that they stand to the end. There is a growing strength in that,
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