Word: sino
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...struggle over Indochina is only part of the Sino-Soviet cold war. The Chinese fear a Russian encirclement -Moscow's allies on China's southern border could complement Soviet troops on China's northern flank. During his recent visit to Peking, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos was told by the Chinese, "Our enemy is Russia." As Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping put it, "Two-thirds of the Soviet troops are now committed to the European front. But we are anticipating the day when they will be free to turn against...
...China, as other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) line up to secure their own embassies in Peking. Malaysia recognized Peking last year, and Thailand's Foreign Minister, Chartichai Choonhavan, who is scheduled to visit the Chinese capital later this month, has announced that Sino-Thai relations will be established by September. The Thai move has been enthusiastically supported by Singapore's toughly realistic Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, not out of love for China but from the feeling that good relations between Peking and Bangkok will enhance the stability of the entire region...
...that Peking insists on including a clause condemning "hegemony" in the Asia-Pacific region by any nation; another transparently anti-Soviet gesture. Predictably, Moscow has warned Japan that signing a treaty with the hegemony clause will seriously damage Japanese-Soviet relations. The Japanese, unhappily caught in the vise of Sino-Soviet animosity, have as yet given no indication of how they will resolve their dilemma...
...each other, and sit quietly. Many break into soft smiles as he begins an anecdote reflecting American ignorance of Cambodian customs, and laugh out loud at the end. They remember why they signed on for a semester of late lunches. Their lecturer is Alexander B. Woodside, Young Professor of Sino-Vietnamese History, and his course is "The History of Modern Vietnam...
Cordial Relations. An intensified Sino-Soviet rivalry is still a matter for speculation, however. With conditions in Southeast Asia in such flux, the U.S. cannot really disagree with the advice of Singapore's Lee to the non-Communist nations. They should, he said, establish "correct and, if possible, cordial relations" with the Communist regimes, but they should not give up on the U.S. until the dust has settled, and it is clear what the Communist takeover in Viet Nam means. At least one influential Tokyo paper, the Asahi Shimbun, believes that the U.S. may be even stronger with...