Word: bordered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Elsewhere in the Far East, the build-up of Soviet land forces, which has been going on gradually for 20 years, is quickening. Some 550,000 Soviet troops now line the 4,500-mile Sino-Soviet border. Moreover, some 147 SS-20 missiles are deployed in the Soviet Far East, each carrying three warheads. Peking's suspicion of Moscow is heightened by the growing Soviet naval presence off China's coast, underscored by Moscow's apparent success in persuading North Korea to grant access to the ports of Wonsan and Nampo and overflight rights that permit reconnaissance missions along China...
...recent months Moscow and Peking have agreed to resume consular relations and have stepped up cross-border trade, marking the most significant movement in Sino-Soviet relations since Gorbachev's rise to power 20 months ago. Moreover, there are tentative signs of improvement on another source of dispute, Soviet support for the Vietnamese occupation of Kampuchea. Two weeks ago, when a senior Soviet-bloc diplomat was asked in Peking if Moscow might reduce aid to Viet Nam, he responded, "There is always the possibility of adjusting programs that might not work." Still, Peking is wary. Says a Chinese journalist...
Once unknown in the U.S., Campeau is the latest in a long line of Canadians who are streaming across the border with bundles of cash and a sharp eye for lucrative opportunities. The invaders range from hit-and-run investors mainly interested in fast profits to empire builders who have put down deep roots in the U.S. As the money pours into stores, skyscrapers and factories, capital has suddenly become the most visible Canadian export to the States since ice hockey...
Canadians put money into the U.S. for many of the same reasons that other foreign investors are drawn to the dynamic $4 trillion American economy: high return on capital, low taxes and skilled labor. What is more, the targets in America are tantalizingly close across the 5,526-mile border. Although Canada is larger than the U.S., its economy is smaller than California's, and its population, at 25 million, is roughly the size of the Golden State's. Furthermore, 24% of the relatively small pool of Canadian assets is already owned by foreign investors. Americans alone...
...creating a public backlash against the newly legalized aliens. By playing up the dichotomy between their status and the status of H-1 aliens when there is no need to do so, the INS encourages people to complain about the government aiding those who snuck across the border in violation...