Word: chungs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chinese symbol is their warm reception of the visiting American table tennis team, he added. "The Chinese are the people who have always stayed home. They still call China by its old name- 'Chung-kuo,' which means 'middle country...
...another, all the conversations were about implementing the essential elements of Administration policy: gradual U.S. military withdrawal from Southeast Asia but continuing U.S. aid to those nations that act to help themselves. A stop-by-stop review: SOUTH KOREA: Agnew arrived in a light drizzle to see President Chung Hee Park, whose natural inclinations toward hard bargaining and specific, written commitments were reinforced by domestic political needs: he faces an election in the spring. In his talks with Agnew, Park reportedly settled for a face-saving agreement: gradual U.S. withdrawal of all its forces from South Korea and U.S.-aided...
...South Korea, was informed of Bucher's mission in advance and asked the Navy if planes should be kept on "strip alert" for a possible rescue operation; the Navy was not interested. While Pueblo was at sea, North Korea sent an assassination team to Seoul with President Chung Hee Park as the target. This graphic signal of Pyongyang's mood did not make the Navy any more concerned about Pueblo. Even after Bucher reported that he had been sighted, his superiors offered neither guidance nor protection...
...sharp objection was expected from Philippine politicians, many of whom have been suggesting for years that the Yankees go home. In Korea, however, the reaction was quite different. President Chung Hee Park and Premier Chung II Kwon berated the U.S. for its decision. The Premier threatened to resign if the U.S. did not delay the withdrawal until 1976 and pledge $1 billion in military aid spread over five years to upgrade Korea's own forces...
...Vogel did them all one better. In 1966 he helped bring back to the United States one slim, suave Cantonese-who happened to be a China watcher's dream. This was Edward Chung-man Ch'an, a living, breathing former member of the Chinese Communist Party who had worked in the Canton area from 1950 until his escape...