Showing papers in "China Report in 1970"
TL;DR: In this article, China can be attributed with having four major policy objectives with respect to India: (1) Somehow to stop or dissuade India from exercising her nuclear options ; (2) To influence the internal political system in India ; (3) To undermine Indo-Soviet co-operation ; and (4) To prevent the emergence of a joint American-Soviet entente for India's defence on which India may have to depend if she were unable or unwilling to exercise her nuclear option.
Abstract: ING FROM THE very long-run and very short-run objectives for the next decade, China can be credited with having four major policy objectives with respect to India: (1) Somehow to stop or dissuade India from exercising her nuclear options ; (2) To influence the internal political system in India ; (3) To undermine Indo-Soviet co-operation ; and (4) To prevent the emergence of a joint American-Soviet entente for India’s defence on which India may have to depend if she were unable or unwilling to exercise her nuclear option. These objectives are listed in the order
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TL;DR: In the early 1950's and early 1960's, when the monographic monuments to the American investment of manpower and resources in the infant field of Sinology were mostly still to come, there appeared a series of collections of papers on important general themes which conveniently and speedily made available to the wider public the results of specialist research being undertaken in various separate but related fields.
Abstract: IN 1 HE 1950’s and early 1960’s, when the monographic monuments to the American investment of manpower and resources in the infant field of Sinology were mostly still to come, there appeared a series of collections of papers on important general themes which conveniently and speedily made available to the wider public the results of specialist research being undertaken in various separate but related fields. The several publications of the Committee
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TL;DR: In this article, the determination of each family's class status through "struggle meetings" was the first of several steps in the revolutionary changes taking place in the early fifties in most of rural China.
Abstract: plete in North and Northeast China, and it was planned to extend it to the whole country by the end of 1952. The determination of each family’s class status through ’struggle meetings’ was the first of several steps in the revolutionary changes taking place in the early fifties in most of rural China. The categories used then landlords, rich peasants, middle peasants, poor peasants, etc. encompassed every rural Chinese ; this, too, was a carry-over from the first Soviets.~ 2 The surplus land and property of the landlords were confiscated and redistributed,’ but the landlords, too,
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TL;DR: In this article, it is suggested that the Soviet Union has become China's Enemy Number One and since Soviet influence among the countries on China's periphery is growing, China is hastening to improve her relations with them, the object being to break the Soviet encirclement of China.
Abstract: Hence she is seeking to become a part of the international community once again. The attempt to mend fences with India is a part of this general trend. There are variations of this theme. For example, it is suggested that the Soviet Union has become China’s Enemy Number One. Since Soviet influence among the countries on China’s periphery is growing, China is hastening to improve her relations with them, the object being to break the Soviet ‘encirclement&dquo; of China. The thesis is simple, commonsensical and appealing. Perhaps, for that reason, it has been widely accepted without much critical examination. Another reason for the widespread interest in Chinese initiatives is the fact that public opinion in India has undergone tremendous change. Negotiations , with China which were unthinkable a few years
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TL;DR: For instance, China has argued that the entire Sino-Indian boundary has not been formally delimited implying that formal delimitation is an essential requirement of the establishment of the Republic of China as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: IT IS OF course true that Communist China recognizes the existence of international law in general and its applicability to particular problems of boundary and territorial disputes. In the latter case, this is evident in the justifications advanced by her, in terms of international law, in favour of its position in the boundary disputes with Indiil and the Soviet Union.2 Specifically, China has referrcd to the principles of international treaties, historic possession, natural features of the territory. For instance, China has contended that the entire Sino-Indian boundary has never been formally delimited implying that formal delimitation is an essential requirement of the establishment of