Word: formosan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Anderson, illustrated by Jay Yang (Harcourt, Brace & World; $2.75). Two Formosan boys prepare for the annual pai-pai festival, at which the biggest pig in the village wins prize money for its owner before being eaten at the banquet...
...Just before leaving Taipei, Chiang had declared that "a final and decisive war between Communist and Nationalist Chinese forces is inevitable," but he was much more restrained in Washington. His and McNamara's joint communiqué said simply that they had discussed the Asian situation, the question of Formosan aid to Viet Nam (the U.S. does not want it), and U.S. military aid to Formosa (which has declined to about $70 million a year). Chiang went to a series of dinners and cocktail parties, saw President Johnson for 30 minutes, and called on his stepmother daily in her suite...
...still sneer at "barbarians" from North China who speak a different tongue. Friction arises when Chinese from different regions are forced to work together. All Chinese consider themselves vastly superior to minority groups within their borders, such as the newly enslaved Tibetans and the Moslem Uighurs in the west. Formosans, themselves ethnic Chinese, dislike the Nationalist mainland refugees who have made them prosperous, and some hire thugs to prevent mésalliances between mainlanders and Formosan girls...
...Formosan lawyer conceded Sunday night that there are several good arguments for Communist China's admission to the United Nations. He also claimed there were good reasons not to admit her, and said he himself was opposed to China's membership...
...Formosan Bestseller. The visit to the U.S., his first in ten years, is said to be without special significance. He conferred with intelligence officials at both the CIA and the Pentagon, discussed the latest estimates of conditions on the Red Chinese mainland. Between conferences, he squeezed in a one-day jet flight to Cape Canaveral. He also had a 75-minute conference with the President and presented him with a copy of Profiles in Courage in a Chinese translation, adding that it was a bestseller on Formosa...