By ALINE MOSBY PEKING (UPI) - The foreigners sunned around the olympic-sized swimming pool. Others filled massage rooms, hairdressing shops, a movie theater and a restaurant in the new clubhouse on the quiet, tree- lined street. Over the pleasant hum of crickets, a French journalist said, “No, this could not happen in Moscow.” Foreign journalists and diplomats who have worked in both Péking and Moscow find the Chinese capital more relaxed. Absent here is the restrictive, cold ‘war at- “—mosphere--of:- Moscow~ that ~~auspicious, howeyer___ “gives. Sei, ~ Pen.ay ‘at ths point in history nave an cxhilarating fecling of change and op- timism. Both people and officials are more friendly in foreign residents a. China, at least during the present thaw, In Russia, foreign jour- nalists and diplomats have faced druggings, slashed tires and communist stalwarts demanding = of Americans, “Why do you surround our country with missiles?” While the = attitude == of Russians toward foreigners — particularly Americans — is love-hate and competitive, the Chinese appear more polite and casual. In Russia, plainclothes police following a foreigner are casily spotted. Tales abound of listening devices mentality, Those ~in_—~- 1n« found in hotel rooms and bugging sounds heard on telephones. Only a few journalists and diplomats have noticed themselves being tailed in Peking and no bug has been found to date, Of course, Chinese police have no worry that a non- Asian could disappear in a crowd. And perhaps the Chinese are just more discreet at bugging. Both Russians and Chinese regard foreigners as creatures from afar to be given lavish hospitality. The Russians tre much more em emma » both capitals; ‘foreigners can travel only within) a 25-mile radius without a vida. Both cities give foreigners their own hospitals, stores and apartment “ghettos” guarded by police in Moscow and the army here. The Chinese go further. Foreigners here also have their own sections in regular stores, their own airport waiting rooms, train cars, hotels, tailors and photo developing shops. Life in Peking is more spartan in some ways. Public transportation — subways, buses, taxis —- is highly developed in Moscow but scarce or difficult here. Consumer goods give headaches in both countries. Not ecven phonograph records are available here exceptin an occasional hotel IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT TO EUROPE this year, then maybe a simple little trip down to see Gassy Jack and the boys will help fill up the time.The lobby. But the tourist finds more interesting things to buy in China including antique furniture, textiles, luggage and shoes and many more handicrafts. The Chinese also provide better, newer and more attractive housing, although: the older buildings for foreigners suffer leaky sewer pipes and doubtful electric wiring. In both capitals the lonely feeling of being cut off from the outside world is strong. But at least one eats well here. Fortunately neither the Chinese “Gang a the great. cuisine. | restaurants are numerous and offer infinitely superior meals and service than the lamentable restaurants of Moscow. The French journalist judges the wine in Mascow and Peking as about the same: one modest, unassuming dry red and a couple of not-bad whites. While Peking doesn't have Moscow's cold war at- mosphere, the first im- pression of the Chinese capital is how very Russian parts of it look. The sight of the Porbidden City, the complex of palaces with brilliant) orange roof tiles, is spectacularly Chinese. Then the cye moves to Tien An Men Square across the strect. surrounding area is filled with points of interest and places to visit. (Peter Lowrey photo) Life is very different in _ the two capitals of Communism One might be Moscow. back in After the 1949 revolution the Chinese, either Russian supervision or in- spiration, razed buildings in front of the Forbidden City and built a square bigger than Moscow's Red Square. Lenin is on display in a Red Square Mausoleum. In 1977 Mao Tse-Tung was installed on Peking’s square for the gaze of the faithful. Peking’s--square has Moscow-Style ~ buildings including the Great Hall of the People with 15-foot-hi n ceilings, marble pillars an conference did,” says a Soviet diplomat ina patronizing tons. During — the honeymoon Sino-Soviet the Chinese with © Page B7, August.8, 1979 - North Shore News Three Lancers __ just turned . e Celebrate tonight. fr staged supercolossal demonstrations on their square on May 1 and their October 1 Revolution Day, just as the Soviets do on May 1 and November 7, with leaders standing high on a balcony just like the Bolsheviks. The Chinese have stopped those spectacles as being very un-Chinese “because the people don’t participate “in them or even see them,” as one Chinest says. Peking abounds with those enormous sculptures, so dear to the’ Russians, of fearless workers with aw dawn holding - tnuscles flexed. The gigantic fhe ae asit-down. ingest socialist realise intings “regime. -desteagiett come aan “ah hap -Fine- Chinese veérsions ‘of Mao with grinning workers. Curiously, the faces in China’s copy-cat sculptures and paintings look more Russian than Chinese. 2 SS|INVINNUNUUUUNNNNAUOUUNNNGOUOOUONOGNUDNGOGOULUOGQGODUNO000E0OUUNOONCQQOREOOOOOOUUNEEOOGON tHE *Big selection of - seasonal soft fruits & vegetables *Discounts on bulk sales ILEJTODHOULEERSS0E 00 H0UUEUODUPOTOAUDOPEEEATO TEEPE The Blew Season Has Started! Wosk’'s parking lot 1050 Marine Dr., N.V. 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