ABSTRACT
This has been a year of learning. We have learned about ourselves. We have learned about our city. We have learned about the future . . . What have we learned of our city?
We have found that the eyes of the nation are on Shanghai. We have become a symbol of the struggle against the dead weight of imperialism and the cynicism of bureaucratic capitalist speculation. These blights have ridden the backs of our workers and citizens almost from the very first day of Shanghai’s existence. The rest of the country knows how deeply embedded is the rot of these blights [and all Chinese encourage] us as we struggle to make this a people’s city . . . [During the last year] more and more people have come to believe in the new Shanghai to be. They have come to believe in the plans of the people’s government. For it becomes clear to them that we can defeat imperialism and reaction. It becomes clear that Shanghai can belong to China and to our people. That is what we have learned about our city after one year of liberation.
