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...Communist Southeast Asia, men like Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew, the Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos and Indonesia's Suharto developed their talents during or soon after their countries achieved independence. All received a heavy dose of Western culture, and their concepts of national leadership were molded in the pattern of the imperial traditions by which they had been ruled. They were indoctrinated in character patterns thought necessary in the West to achieve supreme power in industrialized political democracies, although the traits, such as charisma or coolness under fire, have often degenerated into parody. Such leaders are less concerned with providing...
...grace are even greater. He likes to hear gossip about himself, he is complex, difficult and the best show in town." One element of the Kissinger act is to deflate formality. On President Nixon's trip to China, Kissinger brought on board the plane Vice Foreign Minister Chiao Kuan-hua. In the press section, Kissinger told his guest: "That's Jerry Schecter of TIME. He's my favorite fiction writer...
...Soviet countermove was sur prisingly mild, which suggests that the five may actually have been involved in espionage. Last week security agents arrested an obscure Chinese attache, Kuan Heng-kuang, aboard the Chinese-operated Moscow-Peking express at the Si berian city of Irkutsk. The Soviets claimed that the attache had been at tempting "to obtain espionage information of military nature from a Soviet woman." He was promptly ordered out of Russia. Since the diplomat was heading home anyway, the expulsion amounted to no more than a diplomatic gesture...
...long beards worn by Ts'ao Ts'ao, General Ts'ao Hung and their principal adversary, the loyal General Kuan Yu, symbolize great age. The thin soles worn by the protagonists in The Cowherd and the Village Girl establish their low station in life. Waving ribbons, such as those used by the title character in The Heavenly Angel, may indicate anything from the sea to clouds to the wind. Since many a Chinese opera can run as long as seven hours, the evening's program is wisely limited to climactic excerpts from these and such other...
Thieu will use the political period for his own benefit, to strengthen his regime and keep the South independent of the North. That independence has already brought a measure of stability to Southeast Asia. Singapore's tough Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, acknowledged this last spring, remarking: "The American intervention in Viet Nam has broken the hypnotic spell on the other Southeast Asians that Communism is irresistible, that it is the wave of history. Communist victory was demonstrated not to be inevitable." With the bombing ended, Lee acknowledged early this month that he was now "in a more uncomfortable...