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...President Reagan wants to make nice with the Soviets and invites Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to Washington [NATION, Oct. 1]. Reagan has finally come to realize that all the talk about "winnable" nuclear war and the holy war against godless Communism has only brought us closer to disaster. Like it or not, we share this planet with the Soviets. Either we live together or die together...
Troubled residents ask if capitalism and Communism...
Hong Kong's residents also wondered how smoothly the world's most populous Communist state could manage a capitalist enclave, half of whose citizens are refugees from Communism. Instead of satisfying both sides, the much trumpeted "one country, two systems" solution might serve only to separate the two. As it is, the Westernized Chinese of the crown colony tend to look down on their less worldly counterparts in the Middle Kingdom. Such divisions may deepen when they become compatriots...
...enthusiastic statements, the Soviets were exercising caution in voicing their preference for the 1984 election. Too obvious an endorsement of Mondale would almost certainly have backfired, prompting many voters to desert the Democratic nominee as too conciliatory and, in U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick's words, "soft on Communism." The risk of such a backlash, significant in any election, would have been compounded in this race by Reagan's remarkable ability to maintain a monopoly on flag and patriotism--and his repeated attempts to associate Mondale with the Carter Administration's perceived inability to adequately stand up to Soviet expansionism, most...
...experiment will be unique in the annals of Communism's relations with capitalism. After nearly two years of negotiations, the governments of Britain and China last week completed a draft agreement that will end British rule in Hong Kong and launch a local government that, while being part of Communist China, will be based on private enterprise. Under the terms of the accord, to be initialed in Peking this week, Britain will continue to administer the thriving capitalist enclave until 1997. But in 1988 a 13-year transition period will begin during which a "joint liaison committee," selected...