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...were ready to resume more normal dealings with the world community. An even more tangible sign was a series of quiet negotiations that opened in several capitals. Their aim: to secure diplomatic recognition from some of the 80-plus nations that still do not acknowledge the existence of Chairman Mao Tse-tung's 21-year-old regime...
...nation to establish relations. Rome has been holding secret talks in Paris with Chinese diplomats for six years. Belgium and Austria have expressed interest in establishing diplomatic ties. Marxist Salvador Allende, who is expected to be confirmed as Chile's President this week, has already promised to recognize Mao's regime, and there is speculation that the new leftist regime in Bolivia may follow suit...
...there are no signs of a shift in Washington's policy of nonrecognition. It is a policy, as its critics never tire of pointing out, that contains a measure of absurdity by pretending that China is actually governed by Taiwan. Ten or 15 years ago, Mao's regime might have agreed to fudge the Taiwan issue in exchange for diplomatic relations with the U.S., but today Peking would very likely insist that Washington break off with the Nationalist government...
What is the secret behind PHP's sales of 1,500,000 a month? Why do some young Japanese workers carry it around much as the Red Guards of China clutch copies of Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung? Americans, among others, will soon get a chance to decide for themselves. The first issue of an English-language version of PHP is arriving from Japan this month, the newest import from the man who gave the U.S. Panasonic radios and TV sets...
...here, witness the latest entry in the let's-make-money-off-the-kids sweepstakes, Stanley Kramer's R.P.M. The initials stand for "revolutions per minute" and a movie noteworthy for nastiness. Even The Strawberry Statement, MGM's pasteurized primer on revolution, looks by comparison like Mao's Little Red Book...