Word: weis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Koreans quickly counterattacked, whereupon "American imperialists," coming to the aid of their "Syngman Rhee puppets," drove into North Korea. At that point Chinese "volunteers" entered the war, quickly pushed U.S. forces back to the 38th parallel, whereupon the U.S. decided to sue for peace. Summed up the Communist Wen Wei Pao of Hong Kong: "The United States has suffered utter defeat. Although she tries to pose as the victor, it should be noted that she has to conduct negotiations at the time and place chosen by Korea and China...
Taken together, Malraux's three volumes constitute a rambling, rapt, repetitive essay touching on almost every known period and style of art from Celtic coins to Wei Buddhas. Slushy and bone-clean by turns, it abounds in brilliant insights, bends them to the service of a single theme: the all-inclusiveness of the 20th Century's art heritage and the importance of using it well...
This Fair Place. The British government of Hong Kong, for its part, spared no effort to conciliate the Communists. The influential pro-Communist dailies Ta Rung Pao and Wen Wei Pao print violent, Peking-inspired attacks on the U.S and the U.N. without interference. One of the few U.S. efforts at counter-propaganda, a 15-minute daily Voice of America broadcast, was recently dropped by the Hong Kong radio...