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Focuses on the implications of the end of Vietnam War for the U.S., China and Japan. Reasons for the opposition of China to the meeting in Paris, France for the negotiations regarding the Vietnam War; Agreement of the U.S. to conduct negotiations within Hanoi's terms; Plans of elimination of all foreign military bases in Vietnam; Recognition of the National liberation Front (NLF) as the sole genuine representative government of the South Vietnamese; Goal of the U.S. to secure North Vietnam's recognition of the existence of a separate South Vietnam state; Aims of the U.S. and the NLF of Hanoi, Vietnam for the settlement negotiations; Impact of the loss of the U.S. military control over Vietnam on the Japanese-American alliance; Impact of the settlement on foreign policies of the U.S., China and Japan.

Argues that China will not convince North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program. Negotiations between North Korea, the United States, Russia, China, South Korea and Japan; Relations between China and North Korea due to economic integration; Unwillingness of China to pressure North Korea on human rights and the North's nuclear program; Discussion of the foreign public's opinion of China; Increase of North Korean refugees in China.

Discusses the influence of China on United Nations' decision making during the deliberations aimed at ending the war between India and Pakistan in 1965. Type of diplomacy adopted by the Soviet Union during the deliberations; Basis for the French attitude toward the Indo-Pakistan war; Evidence of the impending replacement of the Soviet Union by China as the second super power.

The article discusses international relations with North Korea. America's secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, expressed a measured amount of optimism after North Korea agreed to end a boycott and resume talks on its nuclear programs sometime in the week of July 25, 2005. After its chief negotiator met with his American counterpart, North Korea said it would "do its utmost", no doubt encouraged by a South Korean promise of 500,000 tons of food aid and future energy supplies, to make the talks succeed. Officially the aim of the negotiations, which also include South Korea, Japan, China and Russia, is to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons. South Korea privately presented North Korea's boss, Kim Jong Il, with its new proposal: large dollops of food aid and, once the North dismantles its nuclear capability.