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...visit to the U.S. of Vice-Premier Chiang Ching-kuo, the 60-year-old eldest son of Nationalist China President Chiang Kaishek, was meant to be a quiet affair. He was the guest of Secretary of State William Rogers, who visited Taiwan last summer and invited the general to meet top officials of the Nixon Administration at his convenience. Chiang, the shy, tough head of Taiwan's secret police, dined at the White House but had no private talks with the President. Although his government is unhappy about recent U.S. overtures to Red China, there apparently was no urgent...
Seemingly unshaken, Chiang Ching-kuo continued with his scheduled appearances, although nervous security forces were strengthened to protect him. There was little doubt that the assassination attempt was a serious one and that only Ziede's quick action had saved Chiang from serious injury or death. The incident clearly indicated that the ever-present resentment of Mainlander rule is increasing in Taiwan. One of the fears of many anti-Chiang Taiwanese, however farfetched it may seem now, is that they might some day be delivered to Communist China in a deal made by Chiang Ching-kuo. They refuse...
Chipping Away. Subtly playing on national sensibilities, with none other than Chiang Kai-shek's son and heir apparent Chiang Ching-kuo pulling the strings, government-backed all-Chinese China Airlines (CAL) started chipping away at CAT's route map last April. First CAL began flying parallel flights from Taipei to Hong Kong and Tokyo, then took over CAT's routes to Seoul and Manila. It bought three Boeing 727 jets with government guaranteed loans and, recently, a former Taiwan air force chief, who is also a close associate of Chiang Ching-kuo's, appeared...
...Wrong Tendencies." Radio reports intercepted in India confirmed the fact of massive army uprisings in Tibet, where Red Chinese Army Commander Chang Kuo-hua reportedly kicked out the Red Guards and laid siege to government installations. Peking wall posters told of fighting in the high Himalayan redoubt that left 100 or more dead. Chang, who commanded the 100,000 Chinese troops that seized Tibet in 1951 and who later directed the invasion of India, declared martial law and sat back to await the arrival of three army divisions said to have been dispatched from China proper to "crush the revisionists...
...following article by Huang Ch'ang, associate professor of Physics at Peking University, is taken from the "Chung-kuo Ch'ing-nien Pao" of Peking. It first appeared under the title "Here and There at Harvard University" on January...