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The Mask of Gloom

In the last two weeks, the prospects of keeping Communist China politically quarantined have taken a sharp turn for the worse. The Taipei riot is partly responsible: those who have led the fight against recognizing the Peiping regime and against seating Mao’s representatives at the UN—the Knowland camp—have suddenly been put on the defensive by the need to explain and justify the activities of the Nationalist government. Of far greater moment, however, is the British decision to relax the strategic trade embargo against China and the apathetic reaction to that decision in the United States.

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L. Brent Bozell Jr.

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The Mask of Gloom

In the last two weeks, the prospects of keeping Communist China politically quarantined have taken a sharp turn for the worse. The Taipei riot is partly responsible: those who have led the fight against recognizing the Peiping regime and against seating Mao’s representatives at the UN—the Knowland camp—have suddenly been put on the defensive by the need to explain and justify the activities of the Nationalist government. Of far greater moment, however, is the British decision to relax the strategic trade embargo against China and the apathetic reaction to that decision in the United States.