Word: nationalist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...others did boggle. Nationalist China called it the first step toward full diplomatic relations between Tokyo and Peking, and retaliated by slapping a boycott on Japanese goods, thereby trying to force Japan to choose between the chancy Red barter deal and its solid trade with Formosa ($149 million last year). And so began the battle of the flag...
...insisted, their flag would be entitled to Japanese police protection-not under the rights of diplomatic courtesy but under ordinary laws against trespass and property damage. Last week, reportedly after pressure from the U.S. State Department, warning of the economic and political consequences of a prolonged breach with Japan. Nationalist China reluctantly swallowed this face-saving formula, canceled its boycott on Japanese imports...
...only two weeks off, Premier Johannes Strijdom last week carried South Africa's election campaign to his sun-baked home town of Nylstroom in central Transvaal. Awaiting him in Nylstroom's town hall was a capacity crowd of leathery Boer farmers, their bosomy wives, and teen-age Nationalist Youth Bunders waving the flag of the old British-hating Transvaal Republic. From the platform a local politico shouted out an introduction in Afrikaans: "Our candidate is the lion of the North. Tonight you are going to hear him roar...
...gone wrong with the rebel cause? It was not a lack of arms. Their Premier, Sjafruddin, boasted last week that there was ammunition enough for a ten years' war. Over the weekend, two more airdrops of arms occurred at Bukittinggi, parachuted down from planes of "unknown" nationality, reputedly Nationalist Chinese...
Fortnight ago, from underground, Prestes proclaimed a popular-front "alliance of all national forces in the fight against North American imperialism," and promised an "enthusiastic campaign" for the election of all "nationalist democratic candidates" in October's congressional elections. The thought of Prestes' votes whetted political thirsts in Congress; five days later the judge who has jurisdiction over Prestes' case decided that the Communist leader "does not intend to flee from application of the penal law," and revoked the arrest order. Above ground, Prestes will probably strive for re-establishment of Brazilian diplomatic relations with Russia, legality...