Word: premier
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...parentheses after the mention of Aqaba in the notes accompanying the treaty. But Begin's insistence that the West Bank, so crucial in the coming negotiations, be called by the biblical name of Judea and Samaria was something else. Without this change he could not sign, insisted the Premier. He clamped his jaw. The Knesset had approved the treaty with the biblical terms, explained Begin. Inured to such tactics, Carter suggested a footnote to cover Begin's objections. But it could not be a Begin footnote or a Sadat footnote. "I'll write in a footnote," said...
...Chinese premier's name "Hua Kuo-feng" in Wade-Giles--would become "Hua Guofeng" in Pinyin. Egan said. The Chinese word for China. "Chung-kuo," is "Zhangguo" in Pinyin...
...recent speech to party leaders, Deng accused several individuals of disclosing classified information to foreigners. One person arrested was a woman: Fu Yuehua, 32, a human rights advocate. The Vice Premier was also evidently shocked by pictures of Chinese dancing the hustle with Americans on the eve of ceremonies marking the restoration of diplomatic relations with the U.S. last January. He promised to imprison those who "sold state secrets" on the dance floor. Since then, Chinese seen dancing with foreigners at Peking's International Club have been evicted by plainclothes police officers...
...Pinyin, which some scholars regard as more accurate than Wade-Giles as a way of transcribing Chinese sounds. Taiwan has no plans to switch, since it sees the adoption of Pinyin as an acceptance of Communist claims. Others have more personal reasons. "If they want to call Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing 'Deng Xiaoping,' that's their business," grumped Boston Globe Columnist Anthony Spinazzola. "I don't have to order him in a restaurant." Which is something...
There were three concerts, all televised nationally. At the first, there was a row of armchairs with snowy antimacassars and little tables set for tea. The occupants turned out to be top members of the Chinese Establishment: Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping (Teng Hsiao-p'ing), Foreign Minister Huang Hua, Vice Premier Fang Yi and Mme. Sun Yatsen, who is in her late 80s. During the intermission, Deng held a reception at which he said in effect that he did not know much about music but he knew what he liked: anything that promoted friendship. After the concert...