Word: tibet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...safeguard its interests. The moral objections are often weakened by the fact that, while the critics condemn the use of force against North Viet Nam, they either condone or ignore it in other situations-such as Sukarno's guerrilla war against Malaysia, Red China's conquest of Tibet or, most important, the Viet Cong's own terror against South Vietnamese peasants...
...handicrafts and studying Buddhism, though she has not formally adopted the faith. The Sikkimese wistfully pine for more autonomy under India, which handles their defense and foreign affairs and grants entry visas. But it is India's army that has thus far kept Peking from making another Tibet out of Sikkim. Red China's President Liu Shao-chi sent congratulations to the newly crowned King...
...Lama. As U.S. ballet's most active angel, Rebekah Harkness hopes to offset the "dangers of centralization" presented by the New York City Ballet's George Balanchine. "If anything should happen to this remarkable man," she says, "we would all be running around like they do in Tibet looking for the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama. I would like to find a few prospects for this post before we find ourselves in that predicament...
...Lama is now engaged in a life and death struggle to preserve its quaint indigenous way of life from utter destruction at the hands of your agents, the Northern aggressors. All this to cover up your ruthless invasion of that all but universally acknowledged part of China known as Tibet; but the Johnson Administration will not be so easily tricked...
...West certainly cannot impose capitalism or democracy on Asia with the air of a crusader. But it can work toward building free economies and free societies, even if socialist concessions have to be made. Malaysia and Thailand represent viable, hopeful alternatives to Tibet and Burma. In the meantime, the U.S. must hang on-and then hang on some more-in Southeast Asia. The operative word is patience, and essentially, patience is an Asian word...