Word: sino
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Marshal Yeh Chien-ying, 77, Defense Minister and, because of recent deaths and purges, apparently the sole Vice Chairman of the party. China's top military figure since 1971, Yeh is thought to be a chief proponent of continuing Sino-American détente...
...Chinese seem ambivalent about the U.S. election. For them, the key criterion by which to judge a U.S. President is: Where does he stand in the Sino-Soviet dispute? While Carter's advocacy of a tougher policy toward Moscow clearly pleases the Chinese, they know almost nothing else about him. Ford apparently has failed to impress them, and Peking accuses him of having a "Munich mentality." Translation: Ford has been too concerned about improving U.S. relations with Moscow...
...first time since they took power in 1949, the Chinese recently permitted Americans to visit the politically and militarily sensitive Sino-Soviet borderlands and Tibet. TIME Diplomatic Editor Jerrold L. Schecter accompanied former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger on the 23-day 8,200-mile journey. Schecter's report...
...romance between China and Egypt came into full bloom last week. The two countries signed a pact under which Peking, in addition to supplying an undisclosed amount of military hardware to Cairo, will provide $50 million worth of strategic raw materials for Egyptian industry and boost Sino-Egyptian trade from $450 million in 1975 to more than $600 million this year. The signing of the agreement capped a six-day visit to Peking by Egyptian Vice President Hosny Mubarak. Declared the Egyptian at his farewell banquet in Peking: "She [China] proves not only by words but also by deeds that...
...friendly to the Russians. Chinese military leaders, at the same time, are apparently fearful of provoking an unwinnable war with the Soviet Union, particularly during a period of internal turmoil. The few Western officials who know about the clashes do not want to appear to be deliberately worsening the Sino-Soviet conflict by disclosing their information...