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...tried to mousetrap De Gaulle by urging Nationalist China not to break relations with France immedi ately, in the hope of embarrassing De Gaulle by tagging him with a "two-China" label acceptable to neither Peking nor Taipei. This effort failed when a top French spokesman said flatly, "This is not a two-China policy-we recognize Taipei as the government...
...Formosa, who hinted that when France recognizes Peking they will promptly sever diplomatic ties with Paris. The U.S. counseled the Nationalists against a quick break on the grounds that 1) if Red China sticks to its longstanding position that no country may have diplomats in both Peking and Taipei (a view repeated last week by barnstorming Red Premier Chou En-lai in Mali), De Gaulle would be acutely embarrassed and the onus will be on the Communists; 2) if Peking accepts a "two-China" policy, it would be a major Red switch that weakens phony Red claims to Formosa...
Washington's point of view was shared by some Kuomintang leaders. Taipei's influential China News urged the Nationalists to sit tight and force De Gaulle or the Communists to make the next move. "This is another battle and not the war," the newspaper declared. "To remember that could turn defeat into victory." Publicly, however, the Nationalists took an adamant stand against a two-China policy. They argued that it would encourage a rush by other nations to recognize Peking, insisted that since "our national policy is to liberate the mainland of China and to deliver our compatriots...
Otherwise the old fighter's birthday seemed serene. At his hilltop residence outside Taipei, Chiang spent the day quietly with his family and followed Chinese custom by eating the traditional "longevity noodles." The most elaborate birthday gift came from a group of wealthy Chinese living in Thailand: $750,000 for a basketball stadium in Taipei. In island-wide celebrations, a choral group of 10,000 soldiers sang birthday songs, toasts were proposed for Chiang's health at thousands of dinners, and a spruce detachment of Nationalist Chinese "WAVES" paraded smartly. Chiang still clings to an old hope. Spotting...
With his two older children married, Ching-kuo lives in a modest home in Taipei with his wife and two younger sons. His day begins at 6:00 a.m. with an hour's practice in Chinese calligraphy and painting, and continues in his office until midnight. He likes hiking in the mountains, but since suffering from mild diabetes has had to forgo convivial drinking-mostly vodka. One old friend sees Ching-kuo as "an amalgam of the Chinese tradition and Marxist ideas." What strikes most observers is his strange combination of shyness and power. A Chinese friend perhaps...