The Press: Thunder over Formosa

While Americans were wondering just what to make of the anti-U.S. riots on Formosa last week, the press elsewhere around the world offered instant X rays by the dozen. From the propaganda potshots of Peking and Moscow to the emotional outbursts of Manila and Bangkok, few verdicts were favorable to the U.S. The most damaging to U.S. internationalism were the well-meant missiles of friends and allies that homed in on the very self-doubts that the violence had triggered in the U.S. press.

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