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The author says that separate but related scraps of information, and the sotto voce complaints of middle-echelon State Department officials, suggest that the greatest barrier to substantial progress in the Warsaw talks with China is the intransigence of the U.S. military. Yet U.S. President Richard Nixon must implement this policy in the face of military obstructionism, aided by persons within the intelligence community, that comes uncomfortably close to insubordination. Preparing for resumed talks, the U.S. government drew up background papers that proposed an exchange of journalists, scholars, scientists and scientific information, and the "regularization" of postal service and telecommunications.

The article reports on the 22,000,000 pounds war freight recorded by the Office of War Information in the first half of 1944, which is worth about 79 million U.S. dollars excluding outbound traffic. The Himalayas from China to India route and the Karachi, India to the U.S. via Africa route and the South America route are some of the most popular destinations of the war freight. The main lone that runs to Trinidad and Puerto Rico from New York via Bermuda also makes it as one of the popular destinations as it close to Miami, Florida.

At Shanghai, the British, supported by Italians are defending a line, which reaches far beyond the boundaries of the International Settlement into purely Chinese territory. They have not bothered to give any excuse, not even to explain that their promises to observe China's national integrity are mere "scraps of paper"; like the Germans in Belgium thirteen years ago, they have simply taken the most convenient course. Meanwhile Sun Chuang-fong, recently lord of five provinces, is fading out of the picture.

By definition all alliances entangle. To have value to its signatories, to survive stresses and strains, an alliance must be based on mutual interests. Paper bonds alone do not tie effectively. An alliance will prove reliable only as long as all the signatories continue to fear the contingency, or party, against which it was originally directed. There must be, moreover, reasonable assurance that, acting together, the signatories are capable of meeting the contingency. Above all, an alliance should serve the interests of all parties, and not merely the interests of one to the detriment of the others.

The article features artist Pang Tseng-Ying, who hold forty-five exhibitions and received thirty-five awards since his arrival to the U.S. in 1966. The works made by Pang were first seen during a one-man show sponsored by the National Association of Women Artists in 1954. According to the author, his experience of watching Pang paint has enabled him to see the depth of the artist, who possesses a big amount of resource of the imagery of Chinese painting through the centuries.

The article reports on the execution of counterrevolutionaries by the Communists in China. It was reported in a Communist paper in Hunan province that landowners were being executed by peasant militiamen armed with spears and rifles. It is noted that the killing in China has raised concerns among Communist leaders in Peking and public trials and executions were excuses for the failure of Chinese forces to win the war in Korea.

The article focuses on the outlook for U.S. foreign policy. U.S. position for a Pacific Union is explained in relation to priority given to Europe. Decisions subsequent to the release of the China White Paper are presented together with suggestions from Great Britain for order in Southeast Asia. Plans of the International Monetary Fund to restore drawing rights to Marshall Plan countries are examined as well as the signs of solid prosperity in France. The effect of the Commonwealth agreement on trade between India and Great Britain are also evaluated.

The article reports on the move of China to address their food shortage, wherein they started purchasing grain imports that improves the world tramp shipping business.

The article focuses on the implications of the appointment of Kao Kang at the Chinese State Planning Committee. Kao has been the Communist leader of Mukden. His appointment was applauded by a group of Soviet artists. According to the author, Kao's appointment abolishes six regional government and military administrations in favor of centralization.

The article focuses on the publication of several newspapers and periodicals in China.

The article discusses some socio-political issues in the United States. Over three hundred citizens of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, probably as good a representation of the intelligence, virtue, and patriotism of the city as could be produced, the venerable lawyer Horace Binney heading the list, have signed an address to the members of the U.S. Congress for the city, calling their attention to the Jenekes bill for the reform of the Civil Service, and asking for it, or something similar, their zealous support. People have been hoping for the last fortnight to see custom official Robert Hart's notes on the Chinese question, which have recently been made public, make their appearance in some of the papers in this part of the country which inflicted such awful chastisement a few weeks ago on businessman Ross Browne and the degraded American and British merchants who drew him out on the China question.

This article discusses the growth of the textile industry in the British colony of Hong Kong in the 1960s. It attributes the growth to the colony's exports of garments to U.S. companies, the rising number of tourists arriving and the influx of workers from China. It expects the trend to continue to contribute to the development of Hong Kong economy. The article warns about the possible impact of textile quotas on the industry.

This section offers news briefs on international business as of November 25, 1931. The 2 percent import tax to be added to present duties in France will not be applied to raw materials but will be increased to 4 percent on semi-manufactures and to 6 percent on manufactures. There has been an increase in demand for larger imports and dollar exchange in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay. Japanese goods are being boycotted in China.

The article presents the views of the author on the Chinese students. According to the author the preeminent need of the Chinese student of this generation is encouragement. The minds of the Chinese students can be classified into three fairly distinct stages of development. First stage is a complete bewilderment with the modern trend of affairs. Second stage is of a profound depressions and pessimism. In the third stage is a bitter determination to win somehow in the end and wrest at least a sort of order out of the chaos in China.

Reports global developments related to various topics. Anniversary of the war in China and in Spain; War scare in Europe; Judicial action by District Judge Homer A. Fuller of Newton, Iowa.

The article offers information on the observations on China by "Time" correspondent Jerrold L. Schecter who was allowed to stay in the country after the Peking summit. His observations include China's industrial ingenuity through homegrown industries including the Shanghai Watch Factory, which was founded in 1955 and has 55 workers, and the Shanghai Automobile Factory which produces two-ton trucks. Schecter also noticed some Chinese cultures including premarital sex which is considered a taboo.

This section offers international business news briefs. Japan announced that it will open a central bank in Peking, China which will lay the groundwork for monetary reform in all of China under Japanese occupation. The provincial government of Quebec has purchased a gold mine to be used as a practical training school for young miners. English River Pulp Co. will start construction of a large pulp and paper plant in Northern Ontario.

Presents information on the socio-political relationship between China and the Soviet Union. Views on the "White Paper" issued by the U.S. State Department on the United States-Chinese relations that replaced a faulty early appraisal of the Chinese communists; View that the regime that emerged on the Chinese mainland was not a satellite of the Soviet Union; Views on the political tensions between China and the Soviet Union.

The article outlines some of the Economic Cooperation Act (ECA) authorized expenditures for Marshall Plan countries. For the week ended September 11, 1948, total authorization totaled 134,057,353 for new commodities mostly heavy equipment. Authorization for spare parts for motor vehicles and other items amounted to 2.6 million U.S. dollars for Netherlands , 8.6 million dollars for China and 2 million dollars for France.

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.

This article discusses the book "Problems of the Pacific, 1933. Proceedings of the Fifth Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Banff, 1933." There are two papers in this volume by Chinese delegates, which deserve special mention. One, by Gideon Chen, is entitled "Chinese Government [Nanking] Economic Planning and Reconstruction," the other is "The Agrarian Problem in China," by Chen Han-seng. Gideon Chen's report seems to have been one of the chief propaganda bids for foreign capitalist loans and investments in China.

This article presents information regarding the book "The Chinese: Their Education, Philosophy, and Letters," by W.A.P. Martin. This volume is appropriately dedicated to Professor William D. Whitney, and in a prefatory note its author informs him that most of the essays have been already published in China under the title of "Hanlin Papers," and are now offered to the public only as a bundle of "Beitriige," a small contribution towards the better understanding of China and the Chinese. Out of the seventeen papers four are likely to attract the most attention in the U.S., though all will be valuable to students in China itself. These are "Competitive Examinations in China," "The Ethical Philosophy of the Chinese," "The Renaissance in China," and "The Worship of Ancestors in China."

The article explores the decline of the precious metal called silver. According to the author, a primary economic curiosity of the age is the drop of silver from the so-called semi-superstitious value level given to it through its link with gold to its proper commodity price range. The author cites the shift towards the gold standard in China and India. The author adds that there are few real silver mines which can be operated with silver under fifty cents per ounce.

The article reports on the cold war between Russia and China. It mentions that the nature and size of the break up can shape the course of the cold war and the strategists from the West have studied the evidence to help function its dimensions. It notes that despite the deepness and reality of the split, both countries are Communist and are dedicated to the same determined end winning of the world to Marxism.

The article discusses a case involving the principals of the Pacific Commodity Exchange (PCE) in Hong Kong, China who took 1.8 million U.S. dollars in option premiums when they left the colony, which illustrates how risky trading commodity options can be. The PCE was founded at a time when Chinese and European investors were looking for new investment opportunities following the disastrous decline of the colony's stock exchanges in early 1973. The link between the PCE case in Hong Kong and the Puts & Calls Inc. case in California is also described.

The article discusses about a state of war that exists in Shanghai and the lower Yangtze valley. The Japanese invasion of Shanghai has gone beyond mere protection of the lives and property of Japanese nationals; it has gone beyond that form of reprisal which international law allows stronger powers to take against weaker nations whenever the spirit moves them. The U.S. went to war with Germany on the strength of a Congressional resolution which was not a formal declaration of war, but simply a declaration that a state of war with Germany existed. The Russo-Japanese war in 1904 was also begun with a surprise attack by the Japanese without a formal declaration.

The article presents information about various publications. A contribution to the comparative legislation of the U.S. will be found in "The Rights of Property of Married Women Under the Laws of Kentucky," a paper read by the scholar H. Marshall Buford before the Lexington Bar Association, and now published by request in pamphlet form. While a certain amount of attention is being attracted towards China, the following extract from a modern native work, entitled "Shing Wu Chi," or "A History of the Wars of the Present Dynasty," to which the attention has been called by a correspondent, is of interest, and speaks volumes for the light in which recent action on the part of the great civilized powers is viewed by the literary classes of the empire.

Focuses on political developments in China following the signing of the peace agreement between Kuomintang party and communist troops. Role of the peace agreement in stopping the threat of a new outbreak of civil war in Manchuria; Effort of Russians in supplying aid to the communists; Reactions among the Chinese against the continued presence of Soviet troops in Manchuria; Factors that led university and middle-school students to undertake demonstrations against communists; Effort of Governor Chang Chun of Szechuan, in bringing unity between Kuomintang party and communists.

The article discusses about the propaganda which was being propagated by the communist party in China. The communist party of China has an immense power of propaganda. Communist propaganda takes the form of a few simle, elementary statements, repeated again and again. The power of propaganda was used most effectively to help to stabilize the currency. The aim of propaganda is to condition the mind, to change the thoughts of the people. The communists of China have changed the format of the newspapers. Now there is no new in the newspapers any more. The mechanical, bureaucratic Communists official was being imposed on the civil service and police. Now there is strong iron-curtain is being develop in China. For Communist propaganda to be successful an iron curtain is a necessity.