Word: fairbanking
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...group of 48 newspapermen here for a two-day seminar on Far Eastern affairs heard Fairbank speak. The seminar was organized by some Harvard graduate students for the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations...
...Fairbank deplored what he felt was the American emphasis on short-term crisis planning in dealing with China. U.S. leaders, he alleged, seldom seem to plot out any long term programs...
China feels that she was once the best nation on earth according to Fairbank, and that much of her former self-pride has been taken away from her. "If we could put on a 'You're the greatest' act for China's benefit, it might be theraputic," he speculated...
Many of the journalists appeared skeptical about Fairbank's historical perspective approach. One of them asked him what the press could do along this line...
...would like to see a series of articles on the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty," replied Fairbank...