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Presents news items related to socio-political conditions of various countries. Political conditions in Virginia; Economic and social reform in China; Details of the U.S. Civil Service Commission.

Presents news briefs, related to socio-political developments of several nations. Prohibition of sanctions against Italy, until League Council meets on January 20; Declaration of Germany that there would be no air pact between Germany and Great Britain until Germany's lost colonies were restored and the responsibility-for-the-war clause eliminated from the Versailles Treaty; Demonstration of high-school and college students denouncing Japanese aggression and calling upon the central government for active resistance continued throughout China; Significance of the January first, for several political decisions in the U.S.; Plans of the organization National Peace Conference to continue the present embargo on actual arms and munitions to all belligerents; Comments made by journalist William Randolph Hearst, on the link of communists with kidnapping; Resignation of James G. McDonald as League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from Germany; Method used by France to dissolve armed fascist leagues within the framework of democracy; Amendments for :he confiscation of collective as well as individual armaments in France; Efforts of District Central Labor Union of Columbia to fight against reenactment of the teachers' oath law; Employment status of women graduates from the Purdue University.

The article discusses about the corruption in the governance of Formosa under the rule of Chiang Kai-shek. Seven hundred million people live in the independent nations of Asia. Their governments need help and are due to share about $900 million in U.S. aid. One in a hundred of these Asians lives under Chiang Kai-shek in Formosa. But he will get one-third of the aid. The CIC, by acting as an intermediary, by-passed a prohibition forbidding U.S. officers to wok for foreign governments. The CIC has been engaged in forgery, fraudulent execution of the Civil Aeronautics Administration inspection reports, smuggling, misrepresentation of facts to secure export licenses, slander of high government officials and widespread bribery. All this the CIC has done as an official representative of the Chinese Government.

Focuses on the political career of diplomat David Owen in Great Britain. Character and reputation of Owen in British politics; Principles of Owen; Positions held by Owen in the Labor governments; Appointment of Owen for the position of foreign secretary; Move of Owen in the establishment of Social Democratic Party; Steps taken by Owen towards foreign policy; Political achievements and failures of Owen; Reference to the speech given by Owen at the time of governorship of Hong Kong, China; Foreign policy conservativeness of Owen.

Criticizes journalist Robert Kaplan's defense of the repressive government in China. Argument raised by Kaplan regarding the June 4, 1989 massacre in Beijing; Factors which contribute to the proliferation of corruption in the country; Contention against his notion that prosperity can precede liberty.

Focuses on political predilections in the periodical "The Reader's Digest." View that the periodical has a decidedly conservative tone; Assessment of the August issue of "Reader's Digest," focusing on the number of anti-New Deal articles; Quotation from Senator Robert C. Byrd of Virginia about federal encroachment on the states; Reflection of political conditions in China in the article "Too Much Wishful Thinking About China," by Hanson Baldwin; Depiction of the black market in the article "We Aren't Going to Have Enough to Eat," by Louis Bromfield; Condemnation of the U.S. administration by Bromfield.