Word: hong
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With that in mind, 33 U.S. corporate, civic and university leaders joined 21 editors, correspondents and executives from Time Inc. for a 17-day tour of China, Viet Nam, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Hong Kong. Time planned the expedition in the spirit of its nine previous Newstours: to give each of its guests a journalist's-eye view of a vital part of the world. Since the first Newstour in 1963, Time groups have been to 37 countries, but never the People's Republic of China. This initial visit occurred at a propitious time: China has introduced...
...continued support of Taiwan, which he called the "principal problem" between the two countries. Bush was pleasant but unyielding. "They know our position, and we * know theirs," he said. Obstacles aside, the U.S. is now China's third-largest trading partner (estimated 1985 total: $7 billion), after Japan and Hong Kong. By week's end Bush had good news: the NATO-Japan coordinating committee on export controls, which oversees Western high-tech sales to Communist countries, decided to allow more such transactions with Peking...
Depending on the mood of the bouncer, Caroline may or may not get into the Boston bar of her choice. Dave Centrella, a bartender and former bouncer at the Hong Kong, says two picture i.d.'s or a driver's license are necessary to go "bowling". "I used to use fake i.d.'s myself," he says, "so I know all the tricks...
...sponsors rewrote a companion bill to snare as many votes as possible. The new Senate version would curb imports of shoes in order to catch the votes of Senators outside Southern textile states, while the textile provisions would be softened to fall most heavily on three nations (Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong), perhaps soothing Senators reluctant to antagonize all of Asia...
...already debating how much further the dollar might fall and how fast, pounced on last Sunday's five-government announcement as a signal to start selling greenbacks immediately. In New York some traders came to work at 10 p.m. Sunday to be on hand for the opening of the Hong Kong and Singapore markets (Tokyo was closed for a holiday); others arrived by 2:30 a.m. Monday, in time for the start of trading in Europe...