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...Clinton's pygmy proposals are representative of more than what they seem at first glance. In 1960, John F. Kennedy '40 and Richard M. Nixon spent much of the fall arguing about the fate of Quemoy and Matsu, two small islands off the coast of China. Yet for all the hand-wringing that year and thenceforth about spending so much of the election on such minute specks of land, the argument was really about how the candidates would deal with the Communist menace--a debate definitely worth having. When George Bush spent the fall of 1988 talking about the Pledge...
...Clinton's pygmy proposals are representative of more than what they seem at first glance. In 1960, John F. Kennedy '40 and Richard M. Nixon spent much of the fall arguing about the fate of Quemoy and Matsu, two small islands off the coast of China. Yet for all the hand-wringing that year and thenceforth about spending so much of the election on such minute specks of land, the argument was really about how the candidates would deal with the Communist menace--a debate definitely worth having. When George Bush spent the Fall of 1988 talking about the Rledge...
...People's Republic remains huge, the two Chinas have scheduled private talks in Singapore within the next few weeks that could be the first step toward closer ties. The agenda may include the introduction of direct transportation links, perhaps starting with service between the Taiwan-controlled island of Quemoy and Xiamen, one of the mainland's free-marketeering special economic zones. Why talk now? Both sides may be concerned about recent electoral gains in Taiwan made by the country's pro-independence forces, which are unbudgingly opposed to unification...
Little, alas, has changed in the 32 years since Kennedy and Nixon squabbled interminably about whether to defend two worthless chunks of rock off the coast of China called Quemoy and Matsu. Presidential debates have consistently failed to give voters what they need to make an informed decision: a road map to chart what the next four years would be like with each candidate as President...
...issue of the campaign and almost unhorsed him in a race he won by less than 120,000 votes. It is a trivia question to ask which two islands off the coast of mainland China received inordinate attention during the second and third television debates between Kennedy and Nixon (Quemoy and Matsu). Both candidates dedicated to strong national defense. The Soviet Union and the Cold War and the nuclear threat dominated everyone's horizon, with anxieties rising over the U-2 spy plane that the Soviets shot down on May 1, 1960, and the Soviets' launching of Sputnik 1 three...