Word: zhao
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prey to Chinese misgivings over the congressionally mandated requirement that nuclear material not be reprocessed or transferred without U.S. approval. Prospects are slim that a compromise agreement can be worked out in time for Reagan's scheduled visit to Peking in April. Nonetheless. Administration officials were cheered by Zhao's verbal assurances that China intends to abide by the 1968 nuclear nonproliferation treaty, which it has refused to sign...
...centerpiece of Zhao's mission was a wide-ranging 70-minute talk with Reagan in the Oval Office. The session went well, despite one presidential gaffe. Reagan erroneously thanked Zhao for allowing American representatives to question Vietnamese refugees living in China about U.S. soldiers classified as missing in action in the Viet Nam War. In fact, China has only approved talks with its officials, not the refugees. The Chinese leader diplomatically let the comment pass, but his colleagues were horrified...
There were fewer difficulties on other issues, although Zhao forcefully stated China's claim to Taiwan. "This is China's internal affair," his aides quoted him as saying at one point during the Oval Office session. "We cannot make any commitment to the settlement of the question by peaceful means only...
Another hotspot. North Korea, was also discussed. Zhao alerted Reagan to that country's willingness to hold three-way unification talks with South Korea and the U.S. hours before the Pyongyang government made the offer public. Secretary of State George Shultz and Reagan urged China to participate in such talks, a request Zhao agreed to consider...
...White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors, architects, academicians and athletes. They gathered last Tuesday in honor of China's Premier Zhao Ziyang, who governs more people than anyone else in this world...