Word: asian-african
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...China. The U.S., in helping emergent peoples in Asia and North Africa, had often found its achievements compromised by the U.S. association with the colonial powers. This stigma might not have been crippling if the U.S., Britain and France had hammered out a joint approach that the Asian-African world could accept. They...
...King and I, pointed out the significance of these admissions: "The increasing importance of Asia and Africa." In today's 79-nation U.N.. the balance of voting power has shifted from the 20 Latin American republics, which generally voted with the U.S.. to the Asian-African members, which, despite the absence of Red China and Japan, now number 25. No longer can the Western allies, balked in the Security Council, count upon prevailing in the General Assembly. By adding their votes to those of the nine Communist members, the new nations of Asia and Africa can henceforth...
...that depended on the nature and the mood of the steps to follow. Bothered by the linking together of recent animosities and future needs, the London Economist warned of "the danger . . . of a plunge into a new European experiment, motivated by anti-Americanism and by hostility to Asian-African nationalism. On the other hand, the Economist went on there is now "a fresh chance, which should be seized, to erect on this side of the Atlantic the sturdy pillar which the Americans themselves have long wished to see bracing this end of the ocean bridge...
...cold war the appearance of sweet reasonableness sometimes can be as powerful a weapon as a supply of atom bombs. Last week, at the Asian-African Conference in Bandung, Communist China's Premier Chou En-lai dropped a psychological blockbuster. After purring about peace and understanding all week long, Chou announced that the Chinese Communists were willing to confer with the U.S. on the question of "relaxing tension" in the Formosa area (see FOREIGN NEWS...
Lordly, India's Jawaharlal Nehru surveyed the gathering of delegates sipping their tea. He drew delicately on his black bone cigarette holder, waited for lesser delegates to approach and pay their respects. Nehru had the air of a man in undisputed command of the Asian-African Conference of 29 countries, and with his plans all laid. Red China's Chou En-lai was to be introduced to international society under his chaperonage, and shown to be a harmless fellow. Controversy was to be avoided, debate held to a minimum, only agreement sought. And what could they agree...