Word: viewpoint
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...forces massed along the Sino-Soviet border, and Chinese desire to play the "American card" in a sort of balance of power game. I think the second reason was clearly Taiwan, to entice the United States away from the Taiwanese--certainly to the detriment of Taiwan, from the Taiwanese viewpoint. The third reason is that the standard of living in China is still very, very low in comparison to the United States and even to the West and the Soviet Union. I think the Chinese were quite clear in pointing out in their recent visit that they want American technology...
...receive even broader support. In the Western press, the thought has sometimes been expressed that the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, in whose success the Soviet Union is interested, have opened up possibilities of applying pressure on the U.S.S.R. on the question of human rights. In my opinion, such a viewpoint is not correct...
Politics is a subtle thing, and I'd like you to present my viewpoint accurately. My answers to your written questions, therefore, are in written form as well...
...Japanese aid to Asia: It is natural from a geographic viewpoint [that] Japan should continue to place emphasis on Asia. The pan-Pacific region is not like Europe. The economies are in different stages of development, the quality of the economies is different, and any associations are very loosely tied. The ASEAN [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] does exist, however, and it must be respected, but it is not like the European Community association. This means that our aid will move more on the bilateral plane [instead of being filtered through the regional association...
People are shaped by their environments and articles such as "Southie Solipsisms" serve to present a deceptive narrow viewpoint of a community that is unknown to the majority of the Crimson's readers. Articles like these serve to prolong the ignorance of the American people to the environments of inner-city residents and to an understanding of their actions. A couple of years ago the Boston Globe ran a series of articles on the communities of Boston and I highly recommend Messrs. deMilo and Levenson research these articles before they continue their journalistic reviews of Boston's neighborhoods. Andrew Johnson...