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I was afraid I had stumbled upon a secret army for the Communists.†
Chpt 2.4

communists = people who support an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
As for the foreign men, they were not Communists but scientists who worked the quarry where the bones of Peking Man had been found.†
Chpt 2.4
As my brush ran over their gold-and-red faces, I said, "Pardon me, Jade Ruler, forgive me, Chief of the Eight Immortals, I am only making a disguise for you, in case the Communists or the Japanese come and recruit statues for a bonfire."†
Chpt 2.4
And Second Brother ran off to join the Communists two years after that.†
Chpt 2.5
They are neutral on the Nationalists and the Communists.†
Chpt 2.5
That's why I agree with the Communists!†
Chpt 2.5
The Communists are closer to God, even though they don't believe in Him.†
Chpt 2.5
It's true, Communists are like Christians.†
Chpt 2.5
What if the Communists used the quarry as a machine-gun trench?†
Chpt 2.5
When winter came, we heard that many of the Communist soldiers were falling sick and dying of diseases before they had a chance to fire a single bullet.†
Chpt 2.5

communist = someone who supports an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
With fewer Communist troops to defend the hills, the Japanese were crawling up, and with each step, they chopped down trees so no one could hide and escape.†
Chpt 2.5
They were Communists, and since they were not Japanese, the men were not concerned.†
Chpt 2.5

communists = people who support an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
Sister Yu held Praying for a Miracle meetings, asking that the Communists defeat the Japanese soon, so that Kai Jing, Dong, and Chao could return to us quickly.†
Chpt 2.5
Two Japanese officers questioned the men day and night, tried to force them to say where the Communist troops had gone.†
Chpt 2.5

communist = someone who supports an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
The Japanese had become angry that the Communists were hiding in the hills.†
Chpt 2.6

communists = people who support an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
To demonstrate it, however, he had to be careful not to write anything that could be interpreted as anti-Japanese or pro-feudal, Christian or Communist.†
Chpt 2.6

communist = someone who supports an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
We suspected that many of the university students who bought our ink were Communist revolutionaries making propaganda posters that would appear on walls in the middle of the night.†
Chpt 2.6
The Nationalists would say you are a Communist because Kai Jing is now called one of their martyrs, and the Communists would say you are a Nationalist because you lived in an American orphanage.†
Chpt 2.7
The Nationalists would say you are a Communist because Kai Jing is now called one of their martyrs, and the Communists would say you are a Nationalist because you lived in an American orphanage.†
Chpt 2.7

communists = people who support an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
As for the Chang father, well, in 1950, the Communists cracked down on all the landlords.
Chpt 3.2 *
He said Sister Yu was promoted many times, until she was a high-position Communist Party leader.†
Chpt 3.2

communist = someone who supports an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
But when she came out, she was still happy to be a Communist.†
Chpt 3.2
The newspaper article he sent me said Pan Kai Jing—the one your mother married—died as a martyr protecting the whereabouts of the Communist Party, and his father, Teacher Pan, was present to receive his honorable-mention award.†
Chpt 3.2

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(1) (communism)
an economic system that abolishes private ownership of property with the goal of a classless society
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