Word: formosae
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...walled compound in the foot- hills of Formosa last September, Photographer Robert Crandall embarked on one of his most exacting assignments: photographing some of the great store of Chinese art masterpieces that have been hidden from the world for more than two decades. He had flown to Formosa after TIME Correspondents John Osborne and Curtis Prendergast arranged with Nationalist Chinese authorities to unpack their choicest works, as selected by art experts Dr. Wang Shih-chieh...
...President Eisenhower in 1955 sent his "personal assurance" to Nationalist China's President Chiang Kaishek, thereby "satisfying him" that the U.S. would help defend Quemoy and Matsu, the islands in the Strait of Formosa off the Red Chinese mainland...
...campaign of subversion in Southeast Asia. And for the information of the delegates, Dulles reiterated the U.S. position on the two Chinas, i.e., nonrecognition of the Chinese Communist regime, opposition to its seating in the U.N., and steadfast support for the government of the Republic of China on Formosa...
...Three countries-Korea, Formosa and South Viet Nam-got 78% of the $600 million in economic and technical assistance made available to the Far East last year...
...Most favored nations in U.S. aid during the period 1948-56, based on U.S. aid per capita: Israel $131, Greece $108, Austria $104, The Netherlands $100, United Kingdom $74, France $72, Norway $70, Formosa...