they and their compatriots said closely, and predatorial informing was rampant. The fear of being reported and denounced, or even imprisoned and executed was a strong incentive to adopt a mentality of suspicion and exploitation.
             The first casualty of this mentality was trust, and without trust there can be little cooperation. More importantly, the inability to trust any of one's peers must kept everyone on edge and engendered a great deal of unnecessary stress. It comes as no surprise that Ma Bo often chose to work alone on his mountain, for only there could he live without
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