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The article focuses on the invasion by Red China of the Quemoy and Matsu islands in Taiwan. Chinese Premier Chou En-lai said that his government is willing to resume diplomatic talks with the U.S. which has been broken because of Washington's decision to use its Seventh Fleet to block the Red invasion. If the U.S. gave in to Red China, the U.S.-backed Nationalists would weaken their position off the China mainland. Under the two Chinas policy, the U.S. has accepted the Communists control of the mainland but refused to accept the Peking government.

Looks at the status of the relations of China with the U.S. during the regime of U.S. President Richard Nixon. Information on the defense treaty of the U.S. with Taiwan; Impact of the relations of the U.S. with Taiwan on its relations to China; Plans of the U.S. government on China.