Word: mainland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...submit that if the U.S. can tolerate a Communist dictatorship 90 miles from its shores, Chairman Mao and his countrymen can coexist with a non-Communist Taiwan, which, although it doesn't meet our standards of democracy, is a veritable bastion of freedom and individual opportunity compared with mainland China...
...common with uncounted, unknown Asians? All have recently undergone acupuncture, the ancient Chinese practice of inserting needles into various parts of the body to treat a catalogue of ills from arthritis to impotence. The prominence of these patients, and displays of acupuncture for the benefit of American visitors to mainland China, have increased interest in the treatment without diminishing its mystery...
...years of studying it. His ploy was the most bizarre in a long series of attempts by American students of China to make some sort of contact with the People's Republic. Two weeks ago, however, the first group of serious U.S. China scholars to visit the mainland since the Communist takeover in 1949 emerged from a one-month tour (see THE WORLD). Obviously, things are looking...
...universities to hire. The pre-eminent figure is tall, laconic Historian John King Fairbank, 64, a frequent consultant to the U.S. Government. Younger experts wryly refer to him as "King John." Starting as an expert on 19th century China, Fairbank has long argued for serious, sustained attention to the mainland. Historian Benjamin Schwartz's interests range widely, from Confucian thought to the rise of Mao; Ezra Vogel is a pioneer in the growing field of China sociology. Jerome Cohen was one of the first Westerners to become knowledgeable about Chinese law. Historian James Thomson Jr., a Kennedy and Johnson...
...UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, long noted for its scholarly spokesmen for Chiang Kaishek, still has faculty members known for skepticism about how well U.S. accommodations with the mainland may work out. Historian George Taylor, for example, feels that Nixon's decision to visit China in person has compromised the U.S. bargaining position: "It would be quite sufficient to send the Secretary of State." In recent years Historian Vincent Shih, a China emigré, has been leading a massive research project on the 19th century Taiping Rebellion, a 20-year peasant uprising against domestic corruption that the Communists often cite...