U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim last week appointed a Chinese official to the post of Under Secretary for Political Affairs and Decolonization. This was more than the symbolic recognition of a new member's importance. Waldheim was following the almost inviolate tradition that each of the Big Five nations is entitled to a top-level post in the U.N. Secretariat.
The new Under Secretary is Tang Ming-chao, 62, an American-educated diplomat who edited a newspaper in New York's Chinatown before returning to his homeland in 1950. In his new post, Tang will be involved with the...
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