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...Ming-Le, the mysterious author of this book's version of events. Drawing on an impressive familiarity with the intimate workings of China's armed forces and security services, Yao offers a tale of conspiracy and bungled planning: Lin never died in the plane crash in Mongolia. He and his wife were murdered on Mao's orders. The executions took place, in Yao's version, after a dinner of sea cucumbers and tiger's tendons at a secret military hideout reserved for China's top leaders outside Peking. Mao knew about...
...Chinese have long insisted on three conditions before ties could be improved: the Soviets remove some of their 49 divisions from Mongolia and the shared border; they withdraw from Afghanistan; and they end their support of Viet Nam's occupation of Kampuchea. Lately, the Chinese have hinted that they would be willing to settle for less. One possibility, which the Soviets may accept, is a token reduction of Soviet troops along the border. Agreement on that issue alone, Chinese diplomats now say, would be enough to allow the two countries to conduct serious negotiations on trade, thus sidestepping...
...apply for a free transit visa. A week later, pick it up and present it to the Mongolian Embassy, which in a single day will grant you a transit visa for $2, payable only in U.S. dollars. (As a penalty for not recognizing the People's Republic of Mongolia, Americans pay double) Then return to CITS, where you can now buy your ticket...
...Mongolia. Russian tanks, trucks; soldiers. Horsemen and gingerbread houses. Stand at window on, "yurt alert" (looking out for Mongolian round tents--yurts). Ulan Bator: Woman in traditional dress sees off granddaughter in cords with tape deck. Sunset across the grasslands...
...Viet Nam's military takeover of Cambodia. Indochina is the soft underbelly of the P.R.C. Peking sees the Hanoi regime as threatening enough in its own right, all the more so since it is an ally of the U.S.S.R. Finally, the Soviets must withdraw their divisions from Mongolia and reduce forces along China's northern frontier. Yet at the very outset of the negotiations in Peking, Ilyichev refused to discuss the Chinese demands. Last week, shortly before the talks adjourned, Vice...