Word: wu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...great state banquet, which is always hosted by Premier Chou En-lai on the eve of National Day, would also be scrapped. Instead, a perfunctory reception took place that was notable for the absence of any Chinese officials higher in rank than doddering old Vice Chairman Tung Pi-wu...
...admitted that he was "very tired," but he walked unassisted across the heavily guarded Lo Wu bridge separating the China mainland from the British colony of Hong Kong. U.S. consular officials were soon en route to welcome the arrival: 79-year-old Bishop James E. Walsh of Baltimore. After twelve years of captivity in a Shanghai prison, the Roman Catholic prelate last week was given his freedom...