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...Marine spy scandal has largely fizzled away in spasms of dropped charges and repudiated testimony. But last week the Marines began the court martial of Sergeant Clayton Lonetree for espionage and disclosure to the Soviets of the identities of U.S. agents, while he served as a guard at the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Though Lonetree could be sentenced to life in prison, his actual crime, says Defense Attorney William Kunstler, was merely to have fallen in love with Violetta Seina, a Soviet translator at the embassy...
...Chinese mainland, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek sent his son Chiang Ching-kuo to Taiwan. Strictly policing the island, the younger Chiang helped secure it for more than 1 million Nationalist refugees against both Communist infiltrators and the 7 million less-than-welcoming native Taiwanese. On May 19, 1949, martial law was imposed...
With the lifting of martial rule, civilians will no longer be tried by military tribunals. The military will also turn over to civilian authorities the power to censor publications. Despite these gains, however, many aspects of martial law, including restrictions on assembly and travel, will remain because of the passage of a new National Security Law by the Legislative Yuan late last month. The new law in effect continues to recognize Taiwan as an integral part of China. Taipei still considers itself the legitimate government for mainland China and rejects all calls for Taiwanese self- determination. Though Chiang has named...
Despite some opposition to his authoritarian regime, Chiang remains personally popular, even among the 80% of the country's population that is Taiwanese. Indeed, the social stability resulting from martial law may have contributed to the country's impressive economic performance. An island of farmers with no major exports in 1949, Taiwan is now the world's 15th largest trading nation, manufacturing industrial products ranging from microchips to machine tools...
...embassy war between Paris and Tehran threatens to spiral out of control. -- After 38 years, Taiwan lifts martial...