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...allies and keep together a united S.E. Asian movement; for example, Chou's visit to Hanoi last week came at the end of Prince Sihanouk's three-week trip there and produced a successful joint communique reaffirming Sihanouk's position as "great friend of the Vietnamese people" and rightful ruler of Cambodia...
...Peking summit fairly shimmers with the kind of historic aura that Richard Nixon dearly treasures-the leader of the world's most powerful nation meeting with the ruler of the most populous. Never, perhaps, have two men who so dramatically epitomize the conflicting forces of modern history ever sat as equals at one negotiating table: Mao, the self-styled heir of Marx and Lenin and revolutionary leader of China's revolutionary masses; Nixon, elected spokesman of the world's richest, most advanced capitalist society and once the archetypal Cold Warrior. Even if nothing happens at their meeting...
...politically exposed as he has never been before. The question is: Can his wit, charm and sheer ruthlessness hold China together? Should Mao die before him, Chou could probably administer, but would be unable to rule. Conversely, if Chou should die first, the aging Chairman would be a ruler without administrative power. Right now, Doak Barnett argues, Chou "has the advantage of being the only truly top survivor. He will probably make it, and do a good...
Twenty years ago, when he was a mere corporal in the King's African Rifles, Idi Amin Dada had a vision that told him some day he would be ruler of all Uganda. It was an accurate prediction. Last month General Amin, now 44, celebrated the first anniversary of his accession to Uganda's presidency after leading a coup that ousted the demagogic Milton Obote. There was a massive parade through the streets of Kampala, Uganda's capital, which featured a band in kilts and busbies marching to the skirl of bagpipes and sinuous dances by women...
...Arab Emirates is "starting at zero at present," but he says that it intends to move toward democratization and direct elections. Some Arabs insist that they are already there. "Who says we don't have democracy?" one Bahraini insisted. "Here you can go and have coffee with the ruler any day you like at his majlis [daily social hour]. It is better than your democracy...