Taching

— That there was no 'oil boom town' atmosphere at Taching, no bars, brothels or night clubs doing a roaring trade as technicians and oil drillers with fat pay cheques swaggered in from lonely drilling sites for a long week-end, obviously did not surprise us. That concept of 'Great Celebration' left for Taiwan with the Kuomintang. It was difficult at first to locate Taching city - an oilfield capital.

— Taching is supposed to be accounting for about a third of the total mainland oil output.