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Sleeping Giant No World Shaker Reston Report from Shanghai
James Reston reports from Shanghai that China is focused on three domestic aims: feeding and educating 750 million people, modernizing its economy, and reforming its national character. Officials emphasize self containment, avoid foreign adventurism, and prioritize unifying Taiwan, UN membership, and future leadership while viewing world revolution as secondary to national priorities.
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James Reston
New York Times News Service
Shanghai
China
Canton
Manchuria
Franklin Roosevelt
America
Japan
Taiwan
Korea
Mao Tse-Tung
Chou En-Lai
Bolivia
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Middle Kingdom
Darien
U.S.S. R
Moscow
Tokyo
Peking
United Nations
Confusius
Nixon
Chiang Kai-Shek
United Nations Security Council