Word: formosae
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...Formosa and Peking as the government of China...
...Ambassador. The angriest reaction to De Gaulle's game of Chinese checkers came from the Nationalists on Formosa, who hinted that when France recognizes Peking they will promptly sever diplomatic ties with Paris. The U.S. counseled the Nationalists against a quick break on the grounds that 1) if Red China sticks to its longstanding position that no country may have diplomats in both Peking and Taipei (a view repeated last week by barnstorming Red Premier Chou En-lai in Mali), De Gaulle would be acutely embarrassed and the onus will be on the Communists; 2) if Peking accepts...
President Charles de Gaulle last week detonated a political bomb that scattered fallout from the Formosa Strait to Washington's Foggy Bottom. The blockbuster: France will "soon" recognize Red China...
...with the vast human and geographic mass that China represents. Embittered U.S. officials grumbled that De Gaulle has completely overlooked the fact that the U.S. has paid and is still paying to keep troops in South Korea facing the Communist threat, is financing the Chinese Nationalist military effort on Formosa, and is currently engaged in a fighting war with Communism in South Viet...
...relations with "both Chinas." Paris seemed willing to do so, and Red China might well go along. Faced with the "incredible" reports of De Gaulle's action, a special policy committee of Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang party scheduled an emergency session. On the basis of precedent, Formosa seemed to have no alternative but to sever relations with France...