Word: sino
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...border war illustrates another important Chinese characteristic: a deep psychological commitment to righting what Peking considers historical wrongs. The Sino-Soviet split developed partly because Moscow would not concede that borders had been forced on a weak, pre-Mao China in "unequal treaties." By the same token, Peking is unlikely to welcome a real rapprochement with the U.S. until its claim to Taiwan is settled. The Chinese obviously regard that as a far more vital and volatile issue than the Indian borders ever were...
There was some movement on the issues of troop reduction and arms limitation because the Soviets had relaxed their positions. Does this mean that the Kremlin is genuinely seeking better relations with the West? Certainly the Russians have enough reasons to do so. With the recent slight thaw in Sino-American relations, Moscow is worried anew that a Washington-Peking rapprochement may threaten its interests; force reductions in Europe would allow the Soviets to move more troops to the Chinese border. Another factor, which Brezhnev stressed to visiting Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau two weeks ago, is the economic drain...
...OWNS TAIWAN? Almost any case could be argued from the island's varied history. Taiwan reluctantly became a prefecture of China's Fukien province under the Manchu dynasty in 1684; 15 major rebellions occurred there over the next 200 years. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1895, China ceded the island to Japan over the protests of the Taiwanese, who declared independence in a vain attempt to shake off foreign rule. At the end of World War II, the Japanese forces on Taiwan were directed to surrender to the Chinese. As recently as 1947, the Taiwanese again rebelled...
...alongside Russia's. Third World politics among socialist nations such as North Vietnam, North Korea and Cuba have since been dominated by debates over these two ideologies. But while Horowitz's last section deals with the prospects of Third World revolutions, it fails to show the effect of this Sino-Soviet ideological split...
...measure of the fierce hostility between China and the Soviet Union is the fact that both countries are training members of several tribes that live along the Sino-Soviet border. In addition, the Chinese provide military training in Tanzania for several groups of black freedom fighters from South Africa, South West Africa, Rhodesia, Angola and Mozambique. They also supply small arms and ammunition to the fedayeen...