Taiwan Today

November 16. Ichiro Kyose, speaker of the Japanese House of Representatives, assures the Chinese people that expansion of trade relations between Tokyo and Peiping will not lead to diplomatic recognition of the Com­munist regime by the Japanese government. 17. Dr. D. Ezequiel Gonzalez Alsina, Paraguay's minister of agriculture, reaches agreement with the Chinese government on details of agricultural cooperation and ends a week's visit. 18. Madame Chiang Kai-shek, interviewed by UPI women's editor Gay Pauley, says the Republic of China can mobilize a million women for war work when the government returns to the mainland. Statistics show that because of improvements in public health, the life span on Tai­wan has been extended from an average of 43 to 63.5 years in the last two decades. A 21-member study group of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Currency arrives for a two-day visit. 19. Under an agreement signed in Taipei, the United States will provide the Republic of China with US$51,700,000 worth of farm commodities during the next three years. 20. The Taiwan provincial government reports every two families have a radio set, every three an electric fan and every four a sewing machine. Professor Sha Hsueh-chuen, head of the geography department of Taiwan Normal University, says the "McMahon Line" was unilaterally drawn by Britain and cannot be considered as the legal border between China and India. The natural demarcation is the foot of the southern slope of the East Himalayas, he said. 21. The Western Pacific Office of the World Health Organization opens a two-week seminar on rural health service in Taipei. Representatives of 13 countries and areas participated. 22. The Republic of China and Korea begin a six-day review of their trade relations. Governor Chow Chih-jou of Taiwan resigns, and General Huang Chieh is appointed to succeed him. Ho Tsung-yen, director general of posts, declares there are 55 post offices in every 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) in Taiwan, second only to Lebanon in Asian post office density. 23. Foreign Ministry spokesman Patrick Pichi Sun declares that the final, immutable aim of international Communism is world domination, and that this is not affected by minor differences between Moscow and Peiping. K. Y. Yin, chairman of the Foreign Exchange and Trade Control Commission, declares that exports this year are expected to reach the target of US$240 million. Outgoing Japanese Ambassador Sadao Iguchi is decorated with the Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon by the Chinese gov­ernment in recognition of his contribution to the promotion of friendly relations between the two countries. 24. Dahomey Foreign Minister Emile Derlin Zinsou arrives for a five-day visit. 25. The Taiwan provincial government re­ports more than 7,000 power tillers are in use by farmers, a gain of 35 times in five years. 26. The government thanks the United Nations for a resolution urging aid to Chinese refugees in Hongkong and Macao. 27. New natural gas production area is found in Miaoli, 72 miles south of Taipei, with a capability of 130,000 cubic meters a day. 28. Telecommunications authorities report 88 per cent of Taiwan villages have telephone facilities. 29. Foreign Minister Shen Chang-huan and visiting Dahomey Foreign Minister Emile Derlin Zinsou issue joint communique pledg­ing friendly cooperation between the two countries. Taiwan Provincial Food Bureau reports rice production this year has reached a record of 2,106,074 metric tons (2,316,681 short tons), about five per cent higher than 1961. 30. First locally made cellophane is produced by the China Man-Made Fiber Cor­poration at the rate of two metric tons (2.2 short tons) a day. A 16-member Vietnamese economic mission arrives for an eight-day visit. December 1. China and Korea conclude a 10­-day conference in Taipei with agreement on larger trade volume. Newly appointed Taiwan Governor Huang Chieh takes office. The Central News Agency of China inaugurates direct telecommunication of stories to the Deutsche Presse Agentur of Germany. 2. The Free China Relief Association appeals for world sanctions against the Chi­nese Communists in the slaughter of Tibetan refugees in north India. 3. Construction of a second ammonium sulphate plant begins. It will have annual capacity of 120,000 metric tons (132,000 short tons). Professor S. Howard Hansford of London University arrives for a month's visit to study Chinese arts and archaeology. 4. Tourism authorities say more than 35,000 foreign tourists and overseas Chinese visited Taiwan in the first nine months of this year. The figure represents an increase of 19.7 per cent as compared with the corres­ponding period of last year. 6. The Ministry of the Interior reports 2,600,000 persons have been benefited under the Labor Insurance Program started in 1950. Vice Admiral Swai Srihadung, newly appointed Thai ambassador to China, arrives to assume office. 7. Newly appointed Minister Humberto Arguelle Tefeal of Nicaragua presents his credentials to President Chiang Kai-shek. President Chiang Kai-shek lauds con­tribution of the nation's 4-H Club Associa­tion to rural progress on its 10th anniversary. 8. Foreign Ministry spokesman Patrick Pichi Sun says the armed clashes between Peiping and New Delhi amount to a war between international Communism and In­dian nationalism. Twelve agricultural associations of the nation convene and hear a report that farmers' per capita income has increased 34 per cent in the last decade. 9. The government thanks United Nations members for their adoption of a resolution to increase aid to Chinese refugees in Hongkong. 10. Dr. Chu Chia-hua, president of the Chinese Association for the United Nations, urges U.N. members to safeguard ideals of the Human Rights Declaration by restoring freedom to people behind the Iron Curtain. Foreign Ministry spokesman Patrick Pichi Sun categorically denies that the Re­public of China is likely to re-establish diplo­matic relations with India. A resettlement village for 278 families is completed in connection with the construction of the multi-purpose Shihmen Dam, 30 miles south of Taipei. 12. The Overseas Chinese Affairs Com­mission says the government is working through a third nation for early release of some 2,000 Chinese nationals interned in India after the border clashes with Peiping. The Vocational Assistance Commission for Retired Servicemen reports that in the last eight years it has assisted 121,400 retired and disabled veterans in job placement, medical care, resettlement and schooling. U.S. Air Force Secretary Eugene M. Zuckert arrives for a two-day visit. 13. The government appoints Hsu Shu-hsi, concurrently ambassador to Peru and Bolivia, as ambassador to Canada to succeed Liu Chieh, who has been reassigned to the Unit­ed Nations as chief delegate. 14. Secretary General K. T. Li of the Council for United States Aid says that Taiwan's industrial production in the first eight months of this year represents an increase of 10.7 per cent over the corresponding period of last year. 15. Sun Yun-suan, president of the Taiwan Power Company, says Taiwan's power capacity of 760,000 KW is 20 times that of 1945.