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There are other noticeable stirrings in Australia these days. Last week the government responded, if a bit tardily, to the problem of easing tension with mainland China. A few hours after Labor's Gough Whitlam announced that he would go to Peking with a party delegation next month, the Prime Minister hastily announced that he too was trying to start a "dialogue" with Peking. In other steps toward establishing a new posture in a changing world, McMahon gave the Soviet Union permission to establish a trade office and a shipping agency in Sydney, and approved the sale...
MILLIONS of mainland Chinese may have found another sort of faith in their devotion to the wisdom of Chairman Mao, but on Taiwan the island people still cling to their ancient folk religion, a heady mixture of Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian beliefs and practices. None of the old gods and goddesses is more popular than the gentle Matsu, patroness of fishermen and seafarers. According to legend, Matsu was a devout 9th century girl who acquired divine powers at her early death. Pioneer Chinese settlers credited her with protecting them on their trip across the Taiwan Strait 350 years...
Questioned about the thaw in U.S. relations with Communist China, Nixon surprised the audience by announcing, "I hope and I expect to visit mainland China sometime and in some capacity...
Nixon set the main goals of U.S. policy as "normalization of relations with mainland China" and "the ending of its isolation from the other nations of this world." But he refused to discuss the question of Communist China's possible admission to the United Nations or formal recognition of Peking by the United States, labeling such discussion "premature...
...little as half an hour. "They used to take us out to dinner," recalls Ralph G. Keefer, president of a Montreal import-export firm. "Now they take us to the Peking Revolutionary Opera. It's nearly always loaded with political overtones." According to Keefer, who has visited the mainland a dozen times, "everyone is nice and polite. They do tend to be political from time to time. Until we get to the business part." Then the Chinese are all business. They never give a discount for large orders or pay a premium for attractive delivery terms. To anyone...