Word: fanged
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Carter and Teng did all of the talking, despite the presence of phalanxes of aides. They included Vice President Walter Mondale, Secretary of State Vance and National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski on the American side; Vice Premier and Science Adviser Fang Yi and Foreign Minister Huang Hua on the Chinese side. The first two sessions-3 hr. 45 min. on Monday and 1 hr. 50 min. on Tuesday-ranged over the troubles in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Middle East, southern Africa, Central Europe, Korea and Indochina. During an exchange of views on emigration. Carter and Teng engaged in some...
...must foster lofty ideals and set high goals, work out a strategic plan, fully mobilize all positive factors and organize all our forces well." So said Fang Yi, Chi na's powerful but little-known Vice Premier and Minister of Science and Technology. The occasion was his announcement last year of China's audacious plan to overcome a lag of 15 to 20 years and by the year 2000 reach the scientific level of the advanced industrial world. Last week, while Teng Hsiao-p'ing politicked his way across the nation, Fang embarked on what...
...scholarly man of 69, his face blemished by a large purple birthmark, Fang is not a scientist. He was an editor at China's leading publishing house, the Shanghai-based Commercial Press, before joining the Communist Party in 1936. A military commissar during World War II, he worked his way up through a series of economic posts to become Vice Minister of Finance in 1953, coordinator of China's North Viet Nam aid program in 1956, and director of China's entire foreign aid program during the 1960s. A protege of Premier Chou Enlai, Fang managed...
...Virtually everything needs to be done," Fang has said in summarizing China's technological position. As president of China's Academy of Sciences, he is interested in all areas of direct scientific research. After a talk last week with White House Science Adviser Frank Press on future Chinese-American projects, Fang left for Atlanta's Georgia Institute of Technology. There he inspected the Landsat photographs surveying natural resources and a solar-energy farm that can produce 400 kw of electricity. In Houston, he visited the Texas Medical Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Methodist Hospital. But the highlight...
...frenzied agitation. As 160 hand-sewn red-and-gold Chinese flags blossomed atop lampposts along the route of Teng's motorcade, a White House task force labored to provide a memorable reception for Teng and his entourage of 75 (key members: Foreign Affairs Minister Huang Hua, Vice Premier Fang Yi and Foreign Trade Minister Li Chiang...