Word: sino
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Qian talks with Gorbachev, it will be the first high-level official meeting between the two countries since 1969. The move signals Beijing's approval of recent Soviet foreign policy moves, notably a reduction in Moscow-supported Vietnamese troops in Kampuchea. It also raised the possibility of a Sino-Soviet summit meeting between Gorbachev and Deng in Beijing next year. If that comes off, Gorbachev can inspect China's meat stores for himself...
Chinese government officials referred to the Takeshita trip as a "second normalization of relations" between the two countries. Takeshita labeled his visit a "new starting point" in Sino-Japanese affairs. This blossoming of good feeling ends, for the moment at least, a period of bickering between the Asian powers that dates back to 1986. The fractiousness was spurred by several issues, ranging from a new Japanese history text that glossed over Tokyo's atrocities in China before and during World War II to former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone's controversial 1987 visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, a memorial...
...Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Rogachev spent five days in the Chinese capital trying to negotiate a compromise on the withdrawal of Vietnamese troops from Kampuchea, one of China's "three obstacles" to better relations with Moscow. But the talks ended without a settlement, dampening hopes for a 1988 Sino-Soviet summit meeting...
...called cocktail party failed to produce immediate results, it was nonetheless considered a psychological breakthrough on the long road to a political solution. The participants did agree to form a working group of officials to continue discussions. Perhaps more important, Kampuchea will be a main topic of Sino- Soviet talks in Beijing this month...
After dominating Mexican politics for 59 years, the P. R. I. loses its ballot- box hegemony as opposition candidates make historic gains. -- An interview with the apparent winner, Carlos Salinas de Gortari. -- Washington Bureau Chief Strobe Talbott visits the fortified Sino- Soviet border and reports on the prospect of replacing guns with trade. -- An oil rig explodes off the coast of Scotland...