Word: taiwan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...determined to influence U.S. foreign policy. Fulfilling a lifelong ambition, Idaho Democrat Frank Church last month became the new chairman of the prestigious Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Church insists that he wants to be a Carter ally, despite his recent criticism of U.S. moves in the Middle East and Taiwan, but the White House is worried. Says one presidential adviser about Church: "We were hopeful, but the hope is fading...
...such considerations have not deterred Church from speaking out, sometimes erratically and perhaps sometimes under pressures from his home state. He startled the White House by insisting−despite his strong stand favoring normalization with China−that the Senate express concern over the security of Taiwan. Similarly, in the midst of the Iran turmoil, he needled Saudi Arabia by contending in an ill-timed and ill-conceived statement that it "cannot count on our unequivocal support" unless it helps conclude an Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty...
...have deployed around 100,000 troops along the frontier, it is the size of the Chinese buildup that has caused most concern. Along the frontier in the provinces of Yunnan, Kwangsi and Kwangtung, the Chinese have gathered an estimated 150,000 troops, some of them rushed from positions facing Taiwan. In the past week or so, the frontier forces were bolstered by the arrival of several hundred Chinese fighter planes. At the same time, Chinese forces along the Soviet border in Sinkiang province went to full alert, and civilians were reportedly being evacuated from those areas. Said a China-watcher...
Conservative critics, meanwhile have focused their anger on the breaking of diplomatic ties with the Republic of China (Taiwan) government. They accuse Carter of committing an act of base treachery by sacrificing Taiwan in its support for soulless Communism. George Will in the Washington Post claimed the "Taiwan question is: How shall Taiwan's liberty be extinguished?" For both supporters and opponents of the new ties with China, the relationship represents a fundamental shift in United States goals in Asia. The conservatives believe the recognition of the People's Republic signals the end of U.S. attempts to contain Communism, while...
...sure that I accept Senator Goldwater's premise that we've abandoned Taiwan." It seems to me that in the difficult game of balancing power, and enhancing American security balancing power, we've managed to do that without abandoning Taiwan...