Word: formosae
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...Wang accuses the U.S. of holding Chinese in the U.S. against their will, and sputters that all Americans in China will be re leased in accordance with "legal processes," i.e., after they have been tried for espionage. Johnson presses Red China to renounce the use of force in the Formosa Straits; Wang snaps that Formosa is a purely domestic matter. After three or four hours of this they adjourn...
...convinced that the talks have their value; e.g., 31 Americans have been released since last August, and the treatment of the ten still held in China has reportedly shown "very definite improvement." "I believe," adds Johnson, "that the talks may have helped stave off a shooting war in the Formosa Straits. And that, to me, is well worth the trouble of coming down to Geneva all the time, and the cost" (so far: $24,000). Johnson does not hide his respect for Wang's ability as a negotiator. "We may go at each other pretty hard, but there...
...last spring, the Tufts chapter pledged two Negroes, the Cornell chapter one. ¶ At the request of the privately supported Asia Foundation, whose members include Author James A. Michener, Paul Hoffman and Eric Johnston, the International Correspondence Schools World Ltd. opened up special operations in Hong Kong and on Formosa to provide low-cost courses in mechanical engineering for Chinese students living outside of Red China. Reason for the move: each year Red China is inducing thousands of young people on to the mainland by offering educational opportunities not available elsewhere...
Flaming Youth. In Pingtung, Formosa, arrested for repeatedly trying to burn down his dormitory, 20-year-old Student Chen Wei-juo told police: "I wanted to destroy it because I can't have late dates with girls as long as I live there." Moral Victory. In Corning, Calif., Warren B. Woodson complained he was unjustly fined $11 for passing over a double line, retaliated by giving the police department 60 days to move their headquarters from the building that he owns...
...partisans go further and claim that Nehru speaks for all Asia. This is manifest nonsense. Nehru does not speak for Mao's China, for Japan, for the Philippines, for Formosa, for Korea, for Thailand, for North or South Viet Nam, for Afghanistan, for Pakistan. His influence is principally felt in Ceylon, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Malaya and Indonesia...