Word: china
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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CELEBRATING CHINA'S 50TH...
Reading your report on China's 50th anniversary [WORLD, Oct. 4], one would think Maoist China was a disaster. But when I visited the People's Republic in 1971, I saw something different. Peasants and workers were transforming their lives. China was looked to admiringly by people worldwide. What a difference from today's China, where once again extremes of wealth and poverty are creating degradation and misery. MARY LOU GREENBERG New York City
TREATY Land Mine Ban Treaty GENERAL PURPOSE To ban the use, stockpiling, transfer and production of antipersonnel land mines OTHER HOLDOUTS Cuba, Finland, Turkey, China, Russia...
...TREATY] International Criminal Court Treaty [GENERAL PURPOSE] To establish a court with jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes [OTHER HOLDOUTS] China, Iraq, Libya, Qatar, Yemen, Israel...
...TREATY] Kyoto Protocol [GENERAL PURPOSE] To reduce greenhouse-gas emissions [OTHER HOLDOUTS] China, India, Mexico, Brazil...