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FOLLOWING ON THE TREATY WITH JAPAN, NORMALISATION SHOULD REDUCE THE CHINESE FEARS OF SOVIET MACHINATIONS AND ENCIRCLEMENT. THE COMMUNIQUE OFFERS SATISFACTION TO CHINA'S POLICY OF OPPOS- ITION TO THE SOVIET UNION BY ITS CLAUSE EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO HEGEMONY, A TERM MAINLY USED BY THE CHINESE TO ATTACK THE SOVIET UNION. ITS INCLUSION IMPLIES THAT CHINA DOES NOT REGARD THE US AS A HEGEMONIC POWER SOMETHING ON WHICH CHINESE PROP- AGANDA HASHHITHERTO BEEN EQUIVOCAL.
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NORMALISATION SHOULD ALSO BE SEEN AS A METHOD OF STRENGTHENING CHINA'S MODERNISATION POLICY, ENSURING THAT THE IMMENSE RESOURCES OF US INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY ARE NOW FULLY AVAILABLE. (BY THE SAME TOKEN WE NOW FACE MUCH TOUGHER COMPETITION.) THE NEWS MEDIA HAVE SHOWN POPULAR REJOICING AT THE ANNONCEMENT. BE SEEN BY MANY CHINESE AS FURTHER ENCOURAGEMENT TO LIBER- ALISATION AS WELL AS ECONOMIC MODERNISATION. THE PEOPLE'S DAILY TODAY DESCRIBED THE US DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN
A MOST POSITIVE LIGHT.
6. TENG, WHO PERSONALLY HANDLED THE FINAL NEGOTIATIONS AND WHO WILL VISIT THE US NEXT MONTH, HAS FURTHER INCREASED HIS STATURE.
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