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Last Stronghold. There is also an older precedent, dating back to the 17th century civil war between the decadent Ming dynasty and the energetic Manchus. After Peking and Nanking fell to the Manchus, one loyal Ming general, known as Koxinga, took his army across the strait to the redoubt of Taiwan, where his troops dominated the indigenous islanders. Koxinga died in 1662, and though his regime lasted another 20 years, his people gradually lost interest in the Ming cause. Meanwhile, the Manchus gradually won acceptance on the mainland. Though they often met opposition with barbaric cruelty, they also punished incompetence...
...gods and goddesses is more popular than the gentle Matsu, patroness of fishermen and seafarers. According to legend, Matsu was a devout 9th century girl who acquired divine powers at her early death. Pioneer Chinese settlers credited her with protecting them on their trip across the Taiwan Strait 350 years...
...enunciated the Nixon Doctrine of gradual U.S. military disengagement from the mainland of Asia. He followed up his words by beginning withdrawals from South Viet Nam, scaling down the U.S. presence in South Korea, and ordering an end to the Seventh Fleet's patrols in the Taiwan Strait. In his 1970 "State of the World" report, Nixon referred to the Chinese as "a great and vital people who should not remain isolated...
...admiral. At present he is working on a biography of Samuel de Champlain as well as a sequel to his present volume. When his own time comes, the admiral will be able to say, as another of his favorites, John Davis, said to his men off the fearsome Strait of Magellan: if it be God's will "that our mortall being shal now take an ende, I rather desire that it may be in proceeding than in returning...
...James, trouble began after he was sent off to strait-laced and demanding Milton Academy, outside Boston. Says he: "There were things going on in my head other than what the Milton people thought was right and proper." Milton's dean, John Torney, recalls James with a sigh. "We just weren't ready for him," Torney explains. "James was more sensitive and less goal oriented than most students of his day. I'm sure James knew about drugs long before anyone else here...