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The article focuses on Cowles family, their Des Moines Register and Tribune Co. and its newspaper "Minneapolis Tribune and Star." It notes that above any Midwestern rivals, Cowles' papers showcase reporting and editorials that apt to tell how the world is evolving and what time it is. It tells that the Cowles had supported the Berlin, Germany and U.S. hostilities into Korean war, but when Communist China intervened, they urged U.S. to pull back, implying that Korea might be strategically futile.

The article discusses a report based on a handout calling for a more liberalized U.S. policy toward Communist China in 1966. It states that the piece was written by "The New York Times" bureau chief Tom Wicker emphasizing that the handout had been signed by 198 academic experts in China belonging to the Association for Asian Studies. It also notes the defiance of Peter Gosling, the association's national secretary, citing that Wicker's article was factually inaccurate.

The article features Chinese artist Huang Chun-pi, who had his first exhibition in the U.S. in October 1957 showing 40 of his landscape paintings. It says that Huang had been a recognized painter when he was 20, making sketching trips across the wild, misty mountain gorges of the Kialing River. It also states that Huang celebrated his first U.S. trip by going directly from Los Angeles, California to Yosemite National Park, saying that hi missed most the mist of the Kialing River.

The article focuses on the permission given by the Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to 24 news-gathering organizations in U.S. to send their reporters to mainland China. It says that Dulles' decision was criticized by the press because of its limitation on the number of legitimate and accredited correspondents. Moreover, editors protested on the discrimination to small papers like Virginius Dabney, president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

The article reports on the use of the results of the Gallup poll in April 1951 by the anti-Communist "New York Post" and Manhattan's "Daily Worker" to bolster their opposition to U.S. General Douglas MacArthur. The newspapers claimed that majority of U.S. citizens did not support the general's policies of enhancing the war against Chinese Communists. However, the newspapers failed to tackle the question whether bombing Chinese cities and supply bases would end the Korean war.

The article describes the level of anti-Americanism promoted by Communist China from Peking south to Canton. The Communists warned of retaliatory United Nations (U.N.) air raids and possible actions by the anti-Communist underground. A decree was issued on the use of camouflage paint for all tall buildings in Canton. Under the Resist America propaganda, students were recruited for military service.

The article reveals how Red China views the proposed armistice in the on-going Korean War. Chinese propaganda paper "People's Daily" reported the armistice as a moral and military success for the Korean people's army and Chinese volunteers and an utter defeat for the U.S. The article also reported the 30th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, featuring a Peking rally honoring Red leaders such as Mao-Tse-tung, Chou Enlai, Lenin and Stalin.

The article focuses on the concern of China on the ongoing war in Vietnam.

In this article journalist Scotty Reston discusses views of Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai related to improved relations of China and the U.S. Chou asserts the transformed attitude of China towards the U.S. and expects a position for Peking, China in the United Nations. Chou declared that U.S. troops would be withdrawn from Viet Nam, Japan, and Thailand. It mentions the deep anxiety of Chou over a revival of Japanese militarism that would threaten both Korea and Taiwan.

The article reports that Russia, China and the U.S., the three world powers are planning to mend their strained relations. As stated, throughout the 1960s all three of them were hostile to one another. But now in 1970s, they will hold a series of bilateral talks that could alter their delicate relations. The U.S. and the Soviet Union have been discussing strategic-arms limitation. Since late October Moscow and Beijing are also talking of easing tensions along their common 4,500-mile frontier.

The article features Chinese communist leader Mao Tse-tung and describes the capabilities of his Army in Korea. The leader is considered as the most successful warlord in China since Kublai Khan. The military power of the Chinese Red army is cited as the special creation and the pride and joy of Mao Tse-tung. One advantage of his army over the United Nations forces is its number.

The article reports on the murderous encounter between the Indian border police and the Red Chinese troops on October 1959 in the Ladakh province in India. It mentions that only five Indians escaped, nine were killed and ten were wounded by the Red Chinese troops in the ambush. It notes that the people in India felt angry and alone and that the cruelty of the behaviour of Red China made a part of some cherished convictions.

The article provides information on the efforts of Chinese Communist Party leader Chou Enlai to ease China and U.S. international relations. It states that after the first group of U.S. citizens and journalists entry in U.S. it opened a new relation between China and U.S. It further states the views of interpreters of China who advocate that China's ultimate aim is to reduce and if possible eliminate U.S. influence in Asia.

The article focuses on the reactions to the Koje incident in South Korea involving Americans and the British problems over China investments and Korean War. It presents the opinions on Koje incident of London's "News Chronicle," Clement Attlee, the leader of England's Socialists, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The article also reports the abandonment of England of its investment in China after the Communists take over and the dispatch by Prime Minister Churchill of Defense Minister Lord Alexander to a fact finding mission to Korea.

The article features "Times" Hong Kong, China reporter Robert S. Elegant, who is regarded as one of the best second-hand news gatherers in the country. It states that Elegant is well versed in Chinese history and language. It says that he was the first reporter to forecast the purges in 1966 and to hint that Defense Minister Lin Piao was chosen to succeed Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung. It adds that he offers so many insights so frankly on Chinese subject that his friends cal him Mr. Arrogant.

The article focuses on the flood of illegal immigrants from mainland China to Hongkong. It states that these immigrants have found the slums of Hongkong more tolerable than the communist state of China. It adds that in Hongkong, there are jobs and plenty of food, which often dazzles the refugees. It also states that the U.S. government has endowed Hongkong residents with 28 million dollars worth of food since 1954.

The article focuses on the issues concerning the cease-fire in Quemoy, Taiwan. It mentions that U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles with Walter Robertson, the Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs and State Under Secretary Christian Herter determined the consensus that the Communists ceased shooting because their Quemoy barricade failed. It says that Dulles attempted to sustain cease-fire wherein he was notified that Red China would extend the cease-fire for another two weeks.

The article focuses on the assignment of David Kirkpatric Este Bruce as chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in the People's Republic of China. It notes that the main business of the mission is to establish and embassy, to normalize relations and to oversee American trade with China. It adds that an American flag was raised for the first time since President Nixon's visit signaling the official establishment of formal relations between U.S. and China.

The article offers information on the global social impacts of the Peking summit wherein U.S. President Richard Nixon was welcomed in China. It states that the summit stirred some feeling of apprehension to the capitals in Southeast Asia wherein Arab states in Middle East gave only passing press and attention to it. Moreover, Japan Premier Eisaku Sato has recognized the event while Moscow, Russia welcomed the summit with anti-Chinese propaganda but, did not give direct attack on Nixon.

The article offers information on former U.S. Foreign Service officers of the State Department including John Stewart Service and John Paton Davies Jr., who had passed more than a quarter century in the flickering light and shade of nonrecognition. It states that both of them were born in China to U.S. missionaries before the 1911 revolution and educated in China. It states that the case of Service was more complicated but a federal grand jury voted 20-to-0 against indicting them.

The article discusses the decision of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower to remove the Seventh Fleet as defense for the Communist China mainland. It highlights the importance of the decision as a repudiation of one of U.S. policies, the Truman-Acheson policy of suppressing the Chinese Nationalist government of Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek. The reversal of the Truman-Acheson policy will force the Communists to strengthen their coastal defenses benefiting United Nations forces in Korea, all other anti-Communist armies in Asia, and free world's defense.

The article shows evidence of trouble between Soviet politician Joseph Stalin and Chairman Mao Tse-tung of China. A statement from General Ridgway in Tokyo, Japan indicated that Russia had inveigled the Chinese into the Korean war so as to reduce the strength of China. A report from columnists Joseph and Stewart Alsop, followers of the U.S. State Department's foreign policy line, described a serious trouble between Moscow, Russia and Peking, China. The Alsop thesis though is contradicted by facts, signs and portents about the balances of power.

The article examines the potential impact of the United Nations (U.N.) embargo against China. It is suggested that the embargo will have a limited effect on China due to its vast land mass and its self-sustaining peasant economy. The embargo also has flaws in several areas, including transshipment and reexport. A naval blockade was proposed by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur to boost the embargo.

The article profiles Ma Ssu-tsung who is the president of Red China's Central Academy of Music, the vice president of the Union of Chinese Musicians and a deputy to the National People's Congress. Ma Ssu-tsung was an acclaimed musician in China. However, he and some 500 cultural leaders were trapped in the net of "thought reform," as part of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, and Chinese army officers forced Ma and his colleagues to clean toilets and learn the thoughts of Mao Tse-tung.

The article reports on the decision of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate to oppose the position of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman J. William Fulbright on the Vietnam War. Fulbright proposed that American troops should be totally withdrawn from Vietnam in accord with Communist China. He also suggested that the U.S. should show to the Chinese its willingness to remove its military power from all Southeast Asian nations for a similar prohibition on China's part.

The article reports on the criticisms made by Cuban Leader Fidel Castro that China has sent various propaganda materials to Cuba and it has committed a crime of economic aggression by cutting its 1966 rice shipments to Cuba. Castro's criticism has come after the Tri-Continental Solidarity Conference wherein China appeared to gain support from many delegates. It also notes that Castro has given up his role as an arbiter between China and Soviet when he decided to take sides for Soviet Union.

The article discusses the diplomatic relation of Pakistan with countries such as Malaysia, China, and the U.S. It mentions the terminated U.S.-Pakistan relations and Pakistan Foreign Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's announcement on the break up of Pakistan diplomatic relation with Malaysia for its hostile attitude on Kashmir conflict. Pakistan President Mohammed Ayub Khan, with the group that occupies civil service posts seek for a closer ties with Red China to solve its foreign policy problems.