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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...
...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...
...research network for the basic sciences, then a system of modern laboratories that will press on with research into what the Chinese (who have a sort of political fetish for numbers) call the Five Golden Blossoms: atomic science, semiconductors, computer technology, lasers and automation. In March, Vice Premier Fang Yi reported an eight-year timetable for China to begin the launching of space laboratories and probes...