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China's new life movement. You can see better. Yes. There, how's this?

Great. I've never seen anything like this in my life. This is a real Chinese procession. I say, look at those beautiful silk banners, Spencer. Colorful, aren't they? And in look at that character and that costume.

That's one of their ancient heroes. Matter of fact, many of the characters in this procession are. Who are the Chinese in this procession? Most of them are peasants. I didn't think anything like this went on in China today.

I don't know if it said that 10 years ago, you'd probably have been right. Look at this. You see this at Anchair, this next grouper carrying? Yes. That's their village deity. And they're taking the deity out for its annual outing.

That's so. You see how happy they all are? Is this a celebration or something? Well, in a way, yes. It's a sort of an expression of the new life movement. New life movement, yes. But quite a few years before this movement started, There was no room for anything like this.

The people were fighting too hard to keep body and soul together. Now, sort of new spirit is rising in the people. Sort of a new lease on life, eh? Yes. You see that old fellow coming along there?