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Mosher left China for Taiwan in June 1980, and in May 1981 took a step that angered Peking and appalled many anthropologists as well: he published an article in the Times Weekly magazine in Taipei that described the mandatory birth control program in Chinese villages. The article was illustrated with photographs of women in advanced states of pregnancy who were about to have abortions. Peking saw the article as anti-Chinese propaganda. Zhao Fusan, a top official of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, warned Kenneth Prewitt, president of the Social Science Research Council, that if Mosher were not disciplined...
Reported by Ross H. Munro/ Washington and Donald Shapiro/ Taipei...
...zone and banking center on the island. In an unregulated, Hong Kong-like environment free of import taxes, businessmen would be able to enter without visas, taxes would be low, and red tape minimal. In the eyes of Taiwan's rivals, the plan has one crucial draw back: Taipei's hostile relationship with Peking could deter Hong Kong Chinese investors...
...People's Republic. The Shanghai Communiqué that Nixon and Chou En-lai approved in 1972 was essentially an agreement to disagree, and to do so quietly. The U.S. did not dispute Peking's claim to the island but reserved the right to continue dealing with Taipei...
Against this assault, the Administration maintained that the agreement, hammered out after ten wearing months of negotiations, was designed to maintain good relations with both Peking and Taipei. Soon after Reagan took office, Administration insiders say, Peking began pressing Washington for a settlement on the thorny issue of continued U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan. When Peking began demanding a firm date for the U.S. to halt selling arms to Taiwan, Washington countered by insisting that the Chinese formally renounce the use of force to achieve reunification with Taiwan, and the talks foundered. But last May, after Chinese Communist Party Vice...