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In the second of four articles, ROBERT GRIFFITHS reports on the recent international delegation of Western communist parties to China
New and old contend on the Guiyang skyline

ON June 26, an internal flight took the international delegation of 11 Communist parties from nine countries to the lush, green, mountainous province of Guizhou, south-central China.

There we stayed at the sumptuous Guizhou Provincial Party School. It comprises two buildings of residential, teaching and restaurant facilities set in spectacular grounds. With more than 300 teaching, administrative and research staff, it trains hundreds of members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for state, government and party posts.

An evening visit to the Guiyang Grand Theatre provided a lavish feast of Guizhou culture as colourful troupes of dancers, singers and musicians from the Miao, Dong, Tujia, Buyi and Shui nationalities performed their stunning tableaux.

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