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> Associated Press Staff Writer ‘Does China really enjoy over-

whelming economic and mili-

tary odds on Asian scene? Statistically, the odds already

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Odds Stacked Against China, Review Of Asian Scene Shows

are against China and are get- ting worse. -

Non. - Communist nations of Asia today are potentially strong enough in total popula- tion, armed forces and eco- nomic power to counter - bal-

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ance China.

But there is a flaw in all this that prevents statistical theo- ries from being transformed into’ military and economic cosities rms the non-Communist nations along China’s have not shown the wilt herd

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2: China can field upwards. of 3,000,000 men in its regular arm- edforces. Non-Communist China today. has more than -3,700,000 under arms, but some of the forces are of dubious value.

3. China has an economic industrial machine which, ~al- though: it—can--manufacture--nu-- clear devices, has trouble feed- ing its people. Japan alone out- _— Chinese industry and the rest of .non-Communist Asia -| posses natural resources which if developed could make China look more of a pauper.

4, China can provide its

le with little more than a 100: annual per-capita income. Even- South Korea. - at $104 - does better than that. The Phil- ippines, currently in economic troubles, boasts of $157. FACTORS HELP CHINA

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Among developments working for China:

1, An efort to fashiona joint India - Pakistan bulwark on China’s southwest flank dis- solved last year with a new

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eruption of centuries-old south Asian hatreds in a. three-week war.: ; ‘

2. India, preoccupied at home with critical economic and po- litical problems, refuses any. “big brother’ role in South- east Asia. There is serious doubt in Asia that India is strong enough or has the prestige to assume a leader’s role even if it wanted to.

3. Japan, sometimes described as a natural leader in Asia, is in business

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working on, or already posses- ses, medium-range missiles and perhaps has a few submarines capable of firing missiles. But grants totalling $3,500,000 to the University of, New Brunswick and:*Dathousie University at Halifax. wags announced here.

China does not have an air

arm capable. of effectively. de- livering nuclear weapons over

Dalhousie’ wil get $2,000,000

towards the capital cost-of an

aquatron, # laboratory unit that

vast distances. a China’s navy is fourth-rate by -simulates underwater conditions for studies of marine life.

most standards, with 28or so

submarines, a few destroyers and some smaller craft forming

New Brunswick will draw $1,-

500,000 «to: help finance new is

buildings. and equipment for

its nucleus of power. Some Asians regard the cur-

improved post-graduate -facili-

ties in the sciences.

rent political upheaval in China as. more than an ideological cleansing ordered by Mao Tse- tung. They hope it is proof that China has encountered serious internal difficulties that would

together. ! .{ mostly _ interested limit its appetite for directly

The statistics which, despite | Profits and-shuns deep involve-| entering the Viet Nam war or :

Pesan geen posture very ae Gaaie i whine eee ekipg give picture: . much muscle is ;

1. China: has a population of | the Chinese fist? ‘ pe Jr Bhai ia sae Pick op big See more than 700,000,000.. Asian Japanese economists estimate : we fans the Ww cent of the ° nations that would be threat- | that.with good luck China might world over watch soccer games per... world's new ened by any. spreading of Pe-|rack up a fiveto-seven-per-cent |°Very Weekend. books. ne psa inftucsce weight is col | aaseal’ sooneesic rate ; We MISE

e at more than 1,000,-|during the next 20 years. But |RIPLEY { 000,000 a popiilation increase of more $ BELIEVE IT OR NOT sn

than two per’ cent annually, they estimate, would eat up much of the gains and leave China at the end of the 2 years with. about the same per- capita annual income as the Soviet Union had in the dreary 1980s. : DON’T FORGET US.

And even if the Chinese spe the next 20 years in an all-out. drive for nuclear ‘missiles, anti- missile technology in other nations, United

that any Chinese advances might be negated.

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1. The Soviet - border, for years guarded by Sino - Soviet friendship banners, now is man-

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2. An estimated 15 divisions are stationed in Tibet to watch the Indian frontier. Another huge contingent is faraway facing the Formosa Strait and the strong Nationalist China, regime. Still other troops are in the distant north, on the Man-

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BIDDING QUIZ You .are South, neither side vulnerable. The bidding has been: :

South West North . East

What would you bid now with each of the followtihg four hands? |

1. Spades AQJ95, hearts Q6, diamonds AK&4, Clubs J2.

diamonds AQJ4, clubs —.

4. Spades AK963, hearts diamoftds AQJ75, Clubs K8, _

Three notrump. A g ood bidder knows how to send as well as receive. He must be careful to represent accurately J the values he has, both in high

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be able to interpret or receive any messages his partner sends. These are the basic require- ments for a good bidding part-

nership., He SAL

It would be wrong to bid only two notrump with this hand. The spade bid and the two dia- mond rebid could liave been based on minimum values, for example, only 13 high- card points. Since there are 17 points which. have not yet been por-

. ff trayed, they can now be identi-

fied by a‘‘jump.to three no- trump. A two spade bid would be incorrect on two counts. It would understate our high. card values and, would also” fail to identify. the balanced distribu- tion. : “9: Three clubs. Here we have a different tyne ef hand. se we

“$< Spades 'AQ873, hearts 4, ae .diamnds—AJ86, Clubs - (oe 3. Spades KQJ962, hearts K73,

cards and distribution, and also

{send a different type of mes-. sage. ‘We can’t bid notrump, since the distribution is unbal- anced. Our high-card content is minimum, so we do not jump the bidding. The three club bid centage sate te the heart 8 now erases, diamonds and clubs have a

been bid. The ,icture drawn is complete. The rest is up to part-

ner.

3, Three spades. Again a dif- ferent type of hand. This time we don’t bid notrump because

ves to notrump play. We cav’t

support clubs because we don’ have any, and we can’t support hearts with only three. trumps because partner appears to have only four hearts (he bid the |) hearts: secondarily), Our spades. are almost self- sufficient as trumps, since they are playable opposite a. single- ton, and, if need be, opposite a

is justified by the 16 high- card points, If we were to bid two spades, partner might we had only 12 or 13 points. 4. Three diamonds. This is

er bid we could’ make. By re- bidding the diamonds we identi- fy the five- card suit and at. the same time imply five- card jength in spades. This is be- cause ‘we would have opened the bidding with one diamond with a holding of four spades and five is. 14

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ce: a hand con- taining the game Coueibetien we would bid two spades to show

a hand of the minimum elasg

void. The jump to three spades |

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