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...July 11 article entitled "Soviets Join Americans in Teaching Exchange" had a number of errors. The English as a Second Language Program should have been abbreviated ESL. The name of one of the Soviet exchange teachers is correctly spelled Valeriy Bychkov...
China took another step in its long march toward a market economy last week. Signaling its desire to become a full-fledged member of the world economic community, Peking officially announced that it would seek to join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the 91-nation group that works to lower trade barriers and sets the rules of international commerce. Western companies eager to crack the vast Chinese market are delighted. Says Bruce Vernor, executive vice president of the National Council for U.S.-China Trade, a group of 400 American firms: "We certainly believe this is another indication...
...thinks that Peking's bid to join GATT will end Chinese protectionism. Says a Western diplomat in Peking: "We all know the Chinese are not interested in facilitating trade. They are interested in facilitating exports." Trade experts think that several years of delicate negotiations lie ahead before GATT members admit China to the club. The Chinese, for instance, may request special treatment as a developing nation. Nevertheless, the fact that China has asked to sit down at the bargaining table with its trading partners is a promising omen...
...three more truckloads of soldiers pulled up, thousands of loyalists formed a barricade around the hotel, waving and chanting in the afternoon's sweltering summer heat. Inside the hotel, the leaders of the siege kept dropping dark hints about the intentions of the military. "We expect more troops to join us," said their spokesman Gerry Espina...
This was hardly the case with Harvard's birthday, however. Student representatives from over 30 universities from around the world were invited to come and join in the festivities in Cambridge. Dignitaries from Cambridge, Oxford and Paris's Sorbonne looked on at the Convocation like mature, experienced older siblings watching as a younger child abandoned its tottering baby steps and broke into a strong...