Word: potted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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China is not the only nation guilty of violent powerplays. Vietnam's invasion of Cambodia--though perhaps provoked by the Pol Pot regime's border raids in Vietnam--was not a defensive action...
CHINA'S ATTACK on Vietnam, though not unprovoked, is certainly reprehensible. It could be argued that frequent border conflicts between the two countries, Hanoi's expulsion of 180,000 ethnic Chinese and, in particular, its invasion of Cambodia and overthrow of the China-backed Pol Pot regime have forced China to do something to prove its strength and its commitment to supporting its allies...
...China motivated primarily by moral considerations. Pol Pot's reported massacre of his potential opponents was probably of less concern to Hanoi than the inconvenience of having a Chinese supported government on its border. The Vietnamese puppet regime is no more motivated by humanitarian concerns that was Pol Pot's government...
...major confrontation between the two countries is unlikely as long as Khmer Rouge guerrillas loyal to ousted Cambodian Premier Pol Pot continue fighting. After the invading Vietnamese succeeded last month in installing a pro-Hanoi regime in Phnom-Penh, it soon found itself tied down by guerrilla resistance in the Cambodian countryside...
Negotiating sessions generally consist of a morning meeting from 9 until noon, a break for lunch, then an hour or two in the afternoon; each session opens with a pot of steaming green tea. All are conducted in English, through an interpreter supplied by the Chinese. (Japanese businessmen complain that they face a greater language barrier than Americans, since many more Chinese speak English than Japanese.) Nonetheless, it is wise for Americans to bring their own interpreter, if they can find one skilled in both the Chinese language and U.S. business terms. Misunderstandings do occur; once some Boeing negotiators, slipping...