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The article presents commentary on various international and domestic U.S. politics as of the week of April 24, 1971. U.S. foreign economic and political relations with China are discussed in detail. The forced closings of domestic paper mills due to Federal anti-pollution standards are reviewed. The State Department's foreign training programs for police methods and anti-communism is described.

Focuses on the spread of communist activities in China while discussing the foreign policy of the U.S. towards China. Details about the U.S. State Department White Paper on China which presents a factual day-to-day record of wishfulness and unrealism on the part of the Chinese National Government; Conclusion that emerges from this publication of the White Paper; Discussion of possible steps the U.S. can take to save Asia from a dreary century of Communism; Predictions made by the U.S. Foreign Service officers after the Second World War regarding the civil war in China; Efforts made by the U.S. government to save Chiang Kai-shek, head of Nationalist government on Taiwan; Reference to the armed Communist movement in China in 1946.

Presents news briefs related to current political events involving the U.S. as of November 17, 1997. Information on the China policy of the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton; Decision of "Washington Post" ombudsman Geneva Overholser to castigate her own paper for putting an unflattering photograph of the 15-year old African American girl Kyisha Whitico on the front page; Publication of new works by members of the "New Republic," including "Real Politics: At the Center of Everyday Life," by Jean Bethke Elshtain.

Presents socio-political and economic news from the world. Report that the visit of French Premier Pierre Laval to Berlin, Germany, was important because it symbolized the desideratum of European recovery and stability--Franco-German rapprochement; Report that the Scandinavian countries which have followed Great Britain off the gold standard have done so primarily because they were in a similar situation; Report that the principal loss which Great Britain suffers as a result of the abandonment of the gold standard arises, not from the fall, but from the fluctuation in the exchange value of the pound; Efforts to bring peace and conciliation between Japan and China in the wake of the war in Manchuria, China; Cancellation of the biennial meeting of the Institute of Pacific Relations due to the Manchurian episode; Profiles U.S. educator and ichthyologist, David Starr Jordan; Speculation on Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Lancashire, England; Report that for many weeks, the civil authorities of Harlan, Kentucky, who are openly allied with the coals mine owners against the striking miners, have exercised a press censorship; Economic situation of Detroit, Michigan and its consequences on public; Criticism of Governor of California for putting the district attorney Charles M. Fickert, on the state pay roll; Criticism of the cutting of trees in the U.S. for constructions on land.

The article discusses the prevalence of self-censorship at U.S. universities when it comes to matters relating to China. Topics mentioned include censorship in China, American universities turning to Confucius Institutes overseen by the Chinese Ministry of Education for funding and programming, and American political science professor and China expert David Shambaugh and his article published in the March 2015 issue of "The Wall Street Journal."

Focuses on the discussion of some peace by U.S. Governor Thomas E. Dewey in his speech given before the American Newspaper Publishers' Association. Suggestion of Dewey for organizing a structure of peace backed by adequate force to prevent future wars, in cooperation with other nations; Analysis of the failure of World Peace I and of dangers to peace by Dewey; Differences in status of Great Britain, the Soviet Union and China in terms of peace, suggested by Dewey.

The article reports and comments on current events making news during the week of, September 29 1952. A number of items are covered including territorial discussions held between the governments of the Soviet Union and China, political reforms undertaken by Mohammed Naguib, the president of Egypt and the loyalty oath required to receive a loan from the Federal Housing Administration.

The article presents information on socio-political developments in the United States in the year 1951. The Congressional investigation of the U.S. general Douglas MacArthur controversy is getting a lot of publicity in the U.S. Congressional investigations run a cycle. First, the investigation is largely factual; then partisanship increases; then comes the big whoop-la, and finally a majority and minority report. The U.S. State Department is taking a firm stand on China, which seems to be insistence on keeping China out of the UN, threatening to bomb Chinese cities after all, and preparing to pal around again with the discredited regime of Chiang Kai-shek, on Formosa.

Addresses the role of the press in both countries--China and the United States--regarding the aircraft collision between a U.S. reconnaissance plane and a Chinese fighter jet. Role of the media in expressing the so-called public anger from both sides; How the Chinese press did not cover American explanations of the collision for four days after it occurred; Allegation that the Chinese government lied to its people about what really happened.

The article examines Chinese concern about economic policies within the U.S. With a significant amount of their national funds invested in the U.S. government, Chinese officials are interested to see how legislation and government policies within the nation will bolster U.S. creditworthiness. The author discusses a meeting between U.S. Office of Management and Budget director Peter Orszag and Chinese bureaucrats that focused on the progression of health care reform.

Addresses the history of conservative hostility toward China displayed by the United States, in the wake of the aircraft accident over Hainan Island, China involving a U.S. spy plane and a Chinese fighter jet. Development of the Heritage Foundation, which was adamantly opposed to Communist China; History of the foundation; Speculation on why the Heritage's policy on China has softened; View that conservatism is in danger of becoming simply a means through which business protects its financial interests.

Presents a letter to the editor correcting the journal's statement that the sender's analysis promoting a cautious resumption of U.S.-China military ties advocates the transfer of military technology. UNITED STATES

Focuses on economic developments in the U.S. Role of banking business in economic prosperity of the U.S. Report on increasing bank dividends and extra dividends; Rise in small house-building; Information on U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's silver policy; Accumulation of silver by China to dump on the London market.

Presents information on the life and work of John Dewey, a philosopher and educator of the U.S. Views of Ralph Barton Perry, an philosopher and educator of the U.S., on the contributions of Dewey; Reference to the fact that education in the United States has been transformed by him; Mention of China, Turkey and Soviet Union as countries that recognized and followed Dewey's ideals; Portrayal of Dewey's weakness in absorbing the Freudian psychology.

Discusses religious revivalism in China as of 1999. Focus on religious observance in China before and after the Communist revolution of 1949; Growth of Christian communities as of 1949; Information on Buddhism and devotional sects like Tranquil Earth and Falun Gong; Extent of participation in an April 1999 demonstration by Falun Gong adherents in Beijing; Report on government policies related to religious revivalism; Role of the country's economic boom in the rise in spiritualism; Condition of Jewish population in China; Focus on Christian communities mushrooming across China; Report that there are more than 100 million Buddhists in China; Rise in spiritualism due to economic boom; Attitude of Chinese government towards Christianity.

The article discusses events related to U.S. politics. Special prosecutor Archibald Cox has requested information on wiretaps authorized by U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will visit Peking, China as Chinese relations with the Soviet Union deteriorate. Former representative Eugene McCarthy may run for Congress in 1974.

Focuses on the editor of the magazine "Time" Henry Luce. Opinion of the author about Luce when the author worked under him for the magazine; Views of Luce's about China; Criticism of the U.S. foreign policy by him in a letter written to U.S. Senator Arthur Vandenberg; Influence of Luce's wife Clare Boothe and magazine employee Whittaker Chambers on the overall thinking of Luce.

Focuses on foreign policies of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Speculation about his policy on the military budget; View that there is no way the Reagan administration can balance the budget, reduce taxes, and tackle inflation without putting a brake on the nuclear weapons race; Controversy over the MX missile; Information on the American security interest in access to the oil of the Persian Gulf; Plans of the Reagan team to turn Israel into an advance base of the American military power; Information on Reagan's policy with China, allies and Central America; View that just as coherent foreign policy for the U.S. is more than a spastic tremor of anti-communism, so national security is more than posturing, ultimatums, and nuclear megaliths.

Discusses the 1945 Amerasia case, where people associated with the left-wing magazine "Amerasia" were arrested by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and charged with conspiring to pass secrets to a foreign power. Focus on the high-level conspiracy to fix the case; Possibility of involvement of Tommy Corcoran, a former presidential aide in fixing of the case; Collaboration between Chinese Nationalists and U.S. State Department official John Stewart Service and his supporters to prevent courtroom proceedings; Statement that the U.S.'s reestablishment of ties with China in 1972 marked complete vindication of Service; View of the conservatives that the grand jury's failure to indict Service was the result of political manipulation to protect communist sympathizers high in the government.

This article offers news briefs for the week of November 27, 1965. Particular focus is given to the foreign policy and relations of communist China and U.S. doctrine that the war in Vietnam is ultimately a demonstration against communism in China. The article also discusses international relations between Rhodesia and Zambia. Further article topics include the political career of Harry Byrd, Jr.

Deals with the inevitable consequences of the policies of statesmen and with emphasis on the sending of U.S. soldiers to the Asian mainland to fight China. Reason for the involvement of the U.S. in Vietnam; Differences between a totalitarian and a democratic society; Curse of foreign policy of the U.S. since the end of the Second World War that has become the victim of its own successes; Status of policy in Vietnam in 1965 and some views on the extension of the war into North Vietnam.

Focuses on the news reports of Edgar Snow, a renowned journalist of the U.S. who made attempts to improve relations between the United States and China, following his death in Geneva. Cordiality in relations with the Chinese Premier Mao Tse-tung; Views that the U.S. victory in Vietnam for want of aid from Russia and China could lead to wars between socialist nationalisms; Lack of a sound basis for the withdrawal of the U.S. from Vietnam; Views that China may regard Soviet Union as a greater menace than the U.S. since it shares thousands of kilometers as border with the Soviet Union.

The article presents commentary on various international and domestic U.S. politics as of the week of October 23, 1971. Foreign diplomatic visits of President Richard Nixon to the Soviet Union and China are highlighted. The goals of federally enacted domestic wage and price controls for the lowering of inflation are outlined. Discussion is given reviewing the management and procedures surrounding the Attica State Prison riot and its suppression in New York.

The article presents commentary on various international and domestic U.S. politics as of the week of August 7, 1971. The diplomatic logistics of President Richard Nixon's visit to Peking, China to meet with the head of the Peoples Republic of China is discussed in detail. Congressional efforts towards reducing poverty are outlined, including criticism on several government paradigms and welfare systems. Statements by senators against campaign spending are explored.

Focuses on the implications of the end of Vietnam War for the U.S., China and Japan. Reasons for the opposition of China to the meeting in Paris, France for the negotiations regarding the Vietnam War; Agreement of the U.S. to conduct negotiations within Hanoi's terms; Plans of elimination of all foreign military bases in Vietnam; Recognition of the National liberation Front (NLF) as the sole genuine representative government of the South Vietnamese; Goal of the U.S. to secure North Vietnam's recognition of the existence of a separate South Vietnam state; Aims of the U.S. and the NLF of Hanoi, Vietnam for the settlement negotiations; Impact of the loss of the U.S. military control over Vietnam on the Japanese-American alliance; Impact of the settlement on foreign policies of the U.S., China and Japan.

Highlights the development of an anti-Chinese anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system in the U.S. in October 1967. Speculations on the motives of the U.S. in developing the anti-Chinese ABM system; Issue pointed out by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara; Domestic factors which influenced the decision to develop the ABM system.

The article offers news briefs concerning issues related to U.S. and world politics. Pennsylvania Senator Joseph Clark has reportedly asked the U.S. Congress to put its mind to the question of why the U.S. should spend $5 billion on a "limited" missile defense system against China. An article comments on Democratic Senator Carl Hayden using some of his political clout to pass his Central Arizona Project.

The article presents U.S. news briefs. The U.S. Congress is considering the viability of President Harry S. Truman's plan to loan $400 million to Greece and Turkey. U.S. Representative Charles A. Eaton has demanded to know the contents of the "Black Book" on Greece and Turkey that was given to members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The city of Yenan, China, a stronghold of the Communist China, was largely deserted when Chiang Kai-shek and his troops took control.

Focuses on political developments in the world. Statement that men at the front, especially in the Pacific, complain that the people back home have not the slightest conception of what goes on out there, and the complaint is at the basis of the widening non-comprehension between civilian and returning soldier which has been remarked by several observers; Discussion of the damage done to shipping in the Inland Sea with details of the carrier strikes there; Evidence from Germany on the question of how far the Japanese capacity to resist can be destroyed by air attack from Okinawa or any other place; Discussion of the American delegation at San Francisco that has now explained its unfortunate stand against conceding that independence is a desirable ideal, and putting that fact into the charter of the new security organization; Statement that the Americans say they are in favor of steps toward self-government, which might end in independence if the people involved should want it, or might not; Description of the questions of trusteeship and regional security that have been successfully solved at San Francisco and that the Conference is going on with its task to set up an effective international security organization; Information on the Veterans' Administration in regard to the handling of men in the veterans' hospitals; Information on the Lend-Lease shipments of the U.S. that were sent to the Soviet Union; Focus on the sweeping decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission to equalize class freight rates as between the East on the one hand and the South and the West on the other; Statement that China had decided to revalue the gold value of her currency and used the time intervening between the decision and the announcement to make huge profits; Discussion of the promise of British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden regarding a unity government that would be formed in Greece with a program of reconciliation and representation of a liberation movement.

This article discusses news including the win of the United States Navy over the Japanese main fleet, the recall of General Joe Stilwell as Chief of Staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in China, and the decline of China's ability to resist the Japanese, which fades the vision of China becoming a base for the armed forces of other United Nations.

Argues that the United States is at a parting of the ways with regard to its policy in and toward China. Concern in the global arena that America is soon to be an active source of danger in the Far East; American business interests' complaint that the government does not give to American traders abroad the same support that the nationals of other states receive; Danger that the United States' Asiatic relations will be sacrificed to the country's financial interest in Europe.

Reports developments related to world politics. Crisis in European affairs; Abandonment of the Embassy at Nanking on September 20, 1937 by U.S. ambassador Nelson T. Johnson; Protests of the order of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt by the Chinese regarding the restriction of the shipment to the Far East of arms, ammunition, and implements of warfare.

Presents news briefs, related to socio-political developments of several nations. Prohibition of sanctions against Italy, until League Council meets on January 20; Declaration of Germany that there would be no air pact between Germany and Great Britain until Germany's lost colonies were restored and the responsibility-for-the-war clause eliminated from the Versailles Treaty; Demonstration of high-school and college students denouncing Japanese aggression and calling upon the central government for active resistance continued throughout China; Significance of the January first, for several political decisions in the U.S.; Plans of the organization National Peace Conference to continue the present embargo on actual arms and munitions to all belligerents; Comments made by journalist William Randolph Hearst, on the link of communists with kidnapping; Resignation of James G. McDonald as League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from Germany; Method used by France to dissolve armed fascist leagues within the framework of democracy; Amendments for :he confiscation of collective as well as individual armaments in France; Efforts of District Central Labor Union of Columbia to fight against reenactment of the teachers' oath law; Employment status of women graduates from the Purdue University.

The article presents several political news briefs for the week of March 7, 1955. The United States House of Representatives is set to vote on president Dwight Eisenhower's request for a three year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act. Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist leader, continued to threaten the islands off of mainland China, driving the Chinese Nationalists to retreat further.

Presents several letters to the editor. Information about the Executive Committee of the American Committee for Cultural Freedom in the U.S.; Details of Communist totalitarianism; Information about government policy in China.

Presents news items related to socio-political conditions of various countries. Political conditions in Virginia; Economic and social reform in China; Details of the U.S. Civil Service Commission.

The article presents world news briefs. Hearings by the U.S. Atomic Energy Committee on Radiation are discussed. A legislative bill backed by U.S. Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn that would support urban renewal and public housing is examined. Criticism by Senator Clair Engle of California concerning the foreign policy of the United States towards China is mentioned.

The article offer world news briefs. China has released U.S. airmen who had been captured during the Korean War after the U.S government agreed to diplomatic talks with China. A grand jury indicted the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) United Auto Workers Union for funding political candidates. Researchers revealed that a deployment of nuclear weapons over the Soviet Union could release enough poisonous fall-out to kill the entire Russian population.

The article presents news briefs and commentary on international and U.S. politics as of the week of August 1, 1955. U.S. political opinion concerning international relations meetings, particularly between China and the U.S. are discussed. The rising of the minimum wage to $1 is explored. Political instability in Indonesia is described between the military and the civil government.

The article presents news briefs concerning U.S. and international politics for the week of March 31, 1941. The beginnings of post-war peace planning by Great Britain and the U.S. are discussed. Continuing labor disputes within several U.S. industries and efforts to mediate them are highlighted. The political instability of China is reported on.

The article presents news briefs concerning U.S. and international politics for the week of March 3, 1941. The political activity of Senator Burton K. Wheeler to oppose the lease-lend bill is discussed. The political instability of China is explored. The rumor of the censorship of the journal by the U.S. War Department at army stations is mentioned.

This article discusses world news briefs. Rumors in Washington D.C. have shifted from conjecture about U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's running for a third term in office to whether Roosevelt intends to bring the U.S. into war. A famine is threatened in North China. Additionally, the opponents of Nazi Leader Adolf Hitler are worried by the initial failures of the Allied expedition in Norway.

This article offers world news briefs. The Russian frontal assault carries a critical danger to Finland, whose fate depends on the help that is given. Experts have criticized the U.S. for their delay in coming to the aid of Finland. Additionally, the Japanese South China Command has called on Chinese military leader Chiang Kai-shek to surrender.

Focuses on political developments in the world, with emphasis on political conditions in the U.S. Statement that Earl Browder, leader of the American Communist Party, has been arrested on the charge of giving false information in applying for a passport, a serious offense under federal law; Seizure of the American ship by the German navy while carrying contraband to British ports; Discussion of the Nazis' propaganda; Description of the elections that have taken place in the Soviet-held provinces of Poland; View of Ambassador Joseph C. Grew on Japan's invasions of American rights in China; Statement that Soviet Union had suddenly increased her aid to China in the present war with Japan; Discussion of aerial mines used by the British government to defend against airplanes; Description of the labor-standards law in the U.S.; Statement that the Auto Workers' Union trying to Sovietize industry, as the Chrysler Corp. company at first charged, by insisting on having a share in the fixing of production standards on the assembly line; Information on Arnaldo Cortesi, Rome correspondent of the periodical "The New York Times"; The New York State Chamber of Commerce, at its first fall meeting, October 5, deferred action on the report of its special committee on economical and efficient education; Statement that the Nazis announced that the final installment of the billion-mark fine assessed against the Jews after the assassination of Secretary of the German Embassy Ernst von Rath will fall due November 10.

Focuses on several political and socioeconomic developments around the world. Speculation regarding consequences of anti-hoarding campaign of U.S. President Herbert Hoover; Effect of Chinese boycott of Japanese goods on Japanese commerce; Rumors of treaty between France and Japan against the Soviet Union; Attitude of the Soviet Union towards the disarmament efforts at international level; Possibility for enactment of the tariff legislation in the British Parliament; Suggestions of Lord Hugh Cecil of Great Britain regarding war debts of Great Britain; Possibility for increase in unemployment predicted by the Emergency Relief Committee of New York City; Findings of the U.S. Children's Bureau's survey regarding family relief in the country; Old-age-pension bill reported by a congressional committee in the U.S.

Focuses on political developments in the world, with emphasis on political conditions in the U.S. Detail of the proposed reforms in the U.S. economic system to bring stability by the United States Chamber of Commerce and the American Federation of Labor; Suggestion to amend the anti-trust laws in order to permit contracts among competitors for control of production under governmental supervision which could invalidate such contracts if found not in the public interest; Statement that the Chamber is in favor of restricting speculation, whether in commodities or securities, since this tends toward inflation and over-expansion of productive facilities; The Federation pays more attention to emergency measures, it wants a national conference of employers and labor in order to push a method for immediately extending employment by making jobs; Information on the British general election that would be decisive only if the Labor party obtained a majority in the House of Commons; Discussion of three important developments related to suffrage, idle lands and the quarrel with the Catholic Church that have taken place in Spain; Description of Senator Robert F. Wagner's bill and veto for the same by U.S. President Herbert Hoover; Statement that the Episcopal Church is the latest religious body to join in the general protest against the condition of economic confusion in the U.S.; Information on the book "Washington Merry-Go-Round"; Discussion of relations between the White House and the Washington correspondents, which are rapidly degenerating into open warfare; Statement that the humiliation to which China has just been subjected by the Mexicans is comparable only to the demand of victorious Turkey that the defeated Greeks; Description of the decision of Harry E. Hull, Commissioner General of Immigration, who has finally decided that Chinese student, Li Tao Hsuan, instead of being forced to return to his own country, he would most certainly be executed.

Presents news from the world. View of U.S. President Herbert Hoover on the new bonus legislation; Information on the Herndon-Pangborn case of spying in the ongoing Japanese war in Manchuria; Report that the famous drop a crop cotton plan of Governor Huey Long of Louisiana has received its death blow at the hands of Governor of Texas and his supporters in the Texas state legislature; Report that the collapse of the Long plan has been a useful corrective to many people carried away by the success with which Governors of Oklahoma and Texas, have reduced oil production in those states and increased the price by more than 100 percent; Controversy on the letter of Hoover to the newspaper "The New York Times," on its eightieth birthday; Campaign of the people of Westchester County, New York, to compel reduction of their electric light rates; Repudiation of the inhabitants of Coalton, Ohio, on the issue of high fuel gas rates; Information on the Chicago, Illinois organization--The Federation of American Business Men; Information on a convention in Rethel, in the French Ardennes, at which several hundred delegates from the intellectuals of France and Germany, met on their own initiative to discuss ways of effecting a Franco-German entente.

Presents information on various social and political developments around the world. Proposal put forward by the Labor Cabinet for balancing the budget; Information on a plan proposed by Gerard Swope, president of the General Electric Company, for stabilization of industry to the National Electrical Manufacturers' Association; Opinion of senator William Borah that the five Great Powers should agree to suspend all naval building for the next five years, as an economic measure to help these countries balance their budgets and to bring relief to their harassed taxpayers; Comment on the expected Fascist uprising in Austria; Encouragement of American business firms at the expense of the European competitors by the Nanking government; Problems faced by the Communist governments which control large areas of south-central China; Comment on the unconcern of the American press over the reign of terror in Harlan, Kentucky; Allegations made by American press against Federal Farm Board for concealing some of its most important acts even after news regarding them had been published abroad; Information on the trial of Pauline Roth, the manager of a New York City bookshop, who was charged of selling the book "Lady Chatterley's Lover."

Presents information on the political and social conditions in the U.S. Issues related to U.S. President Herbert Hoover's appeal on behalf of the tariff bill; Efforts of Joseph R. Grundy, president of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association, lobbyist for a prohibitive tariff and archetype of eastern conservatism, for the progress of backward states; Decision of Senator George William Norris of Nebraska, to succeed himself in the next year's election; Reasons for the abandonment of prohibition on liquor in Canada; Proposal of a resolution at the recent meeting of the League of Nations Assembly, declaring that a limit should be put on world production of drugs, and that each of the manufacturing countries should accept a quota; Conditions of the automobile industry in the U.S.; Impact of the Illinois election on the administration program; Effect of the resignation of John V.A. MacMurray, American Minister to China, upon relations between that country and the U.S.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing the articles published in previous issues of the periodical. "Sullied Heritage," published in the April 23 issue; Position of the Heritage Foundation on Communist China; Comments about the views expressed by author John B. Judis regarding influence of Communist Chinese on the Heritage Foundation; Allegation that China violated human rights and detained U.S. citizens; "Private Opinion," published in the April 23 issue; "Its Not Over," published in the April 23 issue; "Holding Court," published in the April 23 issue.