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...document ran for ten pages, single-spaced, and contained nothing but lists of items broken down into 142 categories. Yet when it was released by the White House last week, it spoke eloquently of the extent to which the U.S. is willing to move toward a relaxation of Sino-American relations. The catalogue of items that American businessmen may sell to Peking without Washington's approval-some 1,000 in all-represents an end to the 21-year-old U.S. prohibition against direct trade with Communist-ruled China...
Drawing Distinctions. U.S. planners tried to make the Chinese and Soviet lists as identical as possible. They knew that even the slightest disparity would offend Peking and buttress Chinese suspicion that the U.S. and Russia are partners in a conspiracy to keep China economically and militarily weak. At present, Sino-American trade amounts to only about $3.5 million in indirect deals mainly for chemicals and diesel engines. Chinese trade officials in Hong Kong have told U.S. businessmen that they do not expect any significant increase in U.S.-China trade until the political problems, notably Taiwan, are solved...
...University Symposia, open to the public: 1) "The Future of Sino-Soviet Relations," in Paine Hall. With John K. Fairbank '29, Higginson Professor of History; Richard E. Pipes, professor of History; James C. Thomson, lecturer on History, and Adam B. Ulam, professor of Government. 2) "Politics 1972: The Road to Conventions," in Lowell Lecture Hall. With Osborn Elliott '46, editor of Newsweek; Francis W. Hatch Jr. '46, Massachusetts Representative; E. J. Kahn '37; and Lawrence E. Spivak '21, producer of Meet the Press. 3) "CostInflation in Higher Education: Effects and Prospects." in Harvard Hall 104. With William L. Bruce, vice...
...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...
...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...