Word: liaison
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...time difference between the capitals of the two nations, Peking got a 13-hour head start on normalization over Washington. Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing launched the New Year's Day occasion with a solemn call for world peace. As fireworks exploded outside the U.S. liaison office in Peking, Teng raised a glass of California champagne to Leonard Woodcock, the chief of the American mission, who is expected to be named the first U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic. In an elaborate toast, the husky-voiced Vice Premier said, "I feel certain that...
...Washington, the ceremony mirroring the activities in Peking took place in China's liaison office on Connecticut Avenue. One eye popper for the 500 guests was an American flag that the Chinese had tacked on the wall-but backward, its stripes pointed to the left. Unruffled by this bizarre display, Vice President Walter Mondale rejoiced over "the dawn of a new and bountiful era" and hailed China as "a key force for global peace." In response, Ch'ai Tse-min, head of the Chinese mission, declared that the new Sino-American ties would serve to "combat the expansion...
...living room as guests were served an appropriate, but unsettling, combination of Coca-Cola, Chinese orange soda pop, apple pie and egg rolls. Teng chain-smoked and drank local beer as he listened to Woodcock's plea for more living and working space for U.S. diplomats when the liaison office becomes a full-fledged embassy on March...
...Chinese Liaison Office is located in the old Windsor Hotel, a drab yellow, undistinguished-looking building on Washington's Connecticut Avenue. We arrived late. A few policemen stood outside, unoccupied. Inside people were standing attentively, listening to Liaison Chief Chai Tse-min and his interpreter...
...guests came from many different backgrounds they all agreed that this was an "historic," "fascinating" occasion. Some even called it unexpected; they never dreamed normalization would occur in their lifetimes. Members of the Chinese delegation seemed to marvel even more; they certainly couldn't have looked any happier. Deputy Liaison Chief Han Hsu beamed as he shook hands in the reception line while the proudest-looking man had to be Liaison Chief Chai. He looked especially pleased when someone pointed to one of the three buttons pinned to his suit. In Coca-Cola script it read "things go better with...