Word: asian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Chou nonetheless had plenty of energy for speechmaking, harped repeatedly on the Peking version of Moscow's we-will-bury-you refrain. Indeed, to hear Chou, the Afro-Asians will bury not only the West but Russia as well. "The Asian and African peoples," he proclaimed, "through their labor and intellect created illustrious civilizations which were demolished by imperialist aggression and tyranny. Now that we have broken the imperialistic shackles, we will be able to work new miracles...
...Albania, Red China's Eastern European satellite, and on the way home, a stop over in Pakistan. Competing with Moscow for friends among underdeveloped nations, Chou evidently wants to establish the yellow man's burden, even if China cannot exactly afford to pick it up. Among Afro-Asian countries, Peking's prestige has slumped badly as a result of its refusal to sign the nuclear test ban. In Africa alone, 17 of 33 nations voted last October to deny Red China a seat in the U.N., while only ten had diplomatic relations with Peking...
...increased its population from 7.5 million to a mere 11 million. That adds up to fewer inhabitants than Pennsylvania has, in an area 66 times larger. Nonetheless, Australia clings to some of the world's most restrictive immigration laws, has traditionally discriminated against Asian and other nonwhite immigrants in order to preserve what Immigration Minister Alexander Downer has described as "an Anglican European community embodying all that is best of the Old World...
Skeptical Neighbors. Critics of the White Australia policy, including leading churchmen and educators, object that only through selective Asian immigration can the government hope to attract all the skilled citizens it needs. Moreover, they argue, Australia can never realize its potential as a leader of Southeast Asia so long as its neighbors are convinced that Australians are white supremacists. Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies in fact ordered more liberal interpretation of immigration policy, but he insisted during the recent election campaign that he would never permit any basic reform in the law. To do so, said he, "would create...
...standard rifle, the M-14. Though its firing range is not as great, it is smaller and lighter (6.4 Ibs. v. 8.7 Ibs.) than the M-14, a fact that makes it ideal for guerrilla-type fighting and more practicable for the U.S.'s small-statured Asian allies, who find standard U.S. rifles too big to handle. Most of the 104,000 M-16s that Colt will make under the new contract will be shipped to U.S. airborne divisions and Special Forces. If the rifle continues to impress U.S. defense planners-it is already highly popular with the troops...