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XIII, 3-4 FRANCIS L. K. HSU University of San Francisco, San Francisco, U.S.A. SHORTLY AFTER he was nominated to be ChiefU.S. Delegate to the UN, Representative Andrew Young (D. Ga.) spoke in favor ofnormalization ofre1ations with Vietnam. He said that America needs "a strong Vietnam" that could become an independent Marxist state like Yugoslavia and might provide a buffer against Chinese expansion (reported in Chicago Sun- Times). The idea of reconciliation between the U .S. and long-suffering Vietnam is laudable, but the faulty premise on which Rep. Young based his suggestion is regrettable. Rep. Young should not, perhaps, be blamed for repeating a popular myth of Chinese expansionism, for that myth dies hard. A whole disastrous Vietnam war was fought more or less on that myth and on the so-called domino theory. It is time to put the historical and recent re cord straight. We need to think more constructively ab out international affairs, less in terms of agame of pitting one country against another. Between World Wars land 11 China was an object of international pity and sympathy. Some Westerners remained admirers of Chinese philosophies, manners and objects d'arts. Others sent charity from time to time. But
Journal of Asian and African Studies (in 2002 continued as African and Asian Studies) – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1978
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