Word: asianism
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...relations with Neutralist Souvanna but made no secret of its private preference for anti-Communist Phoumi, quickly offered its support. A State Department spokesman warned that aggression against Laos from Communist North Viet Nam could bring both Thailand and South Viet Nam to the rescue and start a Southeast Asian war. But even without overt aggression, Boun Oum and Phoumi faced bitter days ahead. Though Phoumi declared that all he wanted was "a neutral Laos," the Communists were smarting for revenge, and from the Pathet Lao came an order of the day: "Develop guerrilla warfare powerfully. Destroy supply lines, communications...
...situation in East Asia, where the Harvard-Yenching Institute spends about $200,000 a year, is much more promising, according to Reischauer. The money is used to establish and maintain a high quality of education and to promote research in Asian studies...
With the aid of funds supplied by Harvard, and other grants by the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Asian Foundation, East Asian universities are able to improve the quality of their faculties and to increase the amount and extent of their research...
Although giving financial aid is its chief function, the Harvard-Yenching Institute also attempts other methods of assistance. Every year fourteen professors from East Asian universities are brought to Harvard for a year or more of study, Reischauer noted...
...Whose Asian cousin, the dugong, is believed to have inspired ancient sailors to spin the first mermaid yarns...