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This article offers world news briefs. The U.S., Great Britain, and France conferred about a response to Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev's block of access to Berlin, Germany. U.S. Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Paul R. Butler recommended Los Angeles, California as the site of the 1960 Democratic Convention. Additionally, U.S. relations with Communist China are discussed.

The article presents several political news briefs for the week of February 14, 1955. The United States evacuation of the Tachen Islands off the cost of China puts the U.S. in direct support of the Nationalist Party from the Chinese Civil War. The British government has been engaging both parties in the Chinese Civil War with the hope that negotiations between the two sides will lead to peace and avoid atomic warfare.

This article discusses how Leader of the Nazi Party Adolf Hitler is beginning to feel the strain of the war. Additionally, the diplomatic phase of the war extends to the Far East with British garrisons withdrawing from China indicating an understanding between Japan and Great Britain that will negatively impact China.

Discusses the significance of a conference held in Washington from international perspectives. Disclosure of policy and tactics by Japanese government; Argument that the British policy is divided between a lively and an anxious desire to cooperate with the U.S. even at the expense of its friendship with Japan; Diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and China; View that the Chinese delegation in Washington are suffering from profound disquiet at the tendency of the negotiations; Analysis that the outcome of the conference is a victory for the Japanese-British policy.

This article is a study of Britain's policies in regard to China and Japan at the time of the so-called Tianjin Incident in 1939, when the Japanese military created a blockade of the British Concession in Tianjin, China. Drawing from detailed analysis of this incident as a British diplomatic crisis, the author examines how Britain's East Asia policy was influenced by the situation in Europe and the United States. While Britain did not wish to give up its interests in Asia, it was unwilling to directly confront Japan. As a result, it gave China moral support in the Second Sino-Japanese War but affirmed its diplomacy with Japan. On the surface, this dual policy is contradictory. The author argues that, in fact, it reflects Britain's realist policies in obtaining maximum advantage by sacrificing very little.

Reports on the immigration of people from Hong Kong to other countries. Application by Hong Kong locals for certificates of No Criminal Conviction; Issue of transfer of power of Hong Kong from Great Britain to Beijing, China; Role of the certificates as the barometer of public confidence in British and Chinese intentions for Hong Kong's future; Impact of the implementation of the guarantees of the Sino-British accord on the number of applicants for certificates of No Criminal Conviction; Popularity of Canada and Australia among the certificate applicants.

The article reports that local politicians in Hong Kong are trying to create public pressure on Sir David Wilson, who takes office as Hong Kong Governor on April 9, 1987, to permit direct elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. However, political leaders in Beijing, China, may force the governor to back down because Chinese authorities believe that a more representative government could help in ensuring local autonomy when China resumes sovereignty over the colony in 1997.

Points out that China appears to be trying to improve its relations with Hong Kong and Great Britain as the 1997 handover approaches. China's desire to ease the fears of Hong Kong residents and international investors, who have made the territory a key business center; Resolution of long-standing disputes; Confidence of Hong Kong's citizens still low despite the easing of tensions.

The article discusses developments to the foreign relations of China. The author reports that China has roughly restored its diplomatic relations with several nations including Japan, Great Britain, and Indonesia. However, he contemplates that the country's re-entry into the world may be caused by various interests of other countries.

Hong Kong, China politics has entered a kinder, gentler phase. A string of much-delayed agreements on transitional issues have been clinched by Britain and China, and in September, 1995, the colony will have its first almost wholly-democratic elections for the Legislative Council (LegCo), the colony's parliament. This article focuses on major disputes between Great Britain and China that appear to be over with the reaching of a number of key deals, as of September 1995. The view from Government House is that the current political year, LegCo broke for the summer recess at the end of July, 1995, has been a good one. After a period of frosty Sino-British relations, aggravated by governor Chris Patten's efforts to speed up the pace of democratic reform in the face of Beijing's opposition, a number of agreements have been reached between the two powers and only two big issues, the questions of right of abode and port development, remain outstanding. The court will play an integral role in ensuring Hong Kong, China's continued rule of law, which is regarded as a cornerstone of the economy and vital for the many foreign investors and businessmen who put faith and dollars into the system. The deal was roundly welcomed by overseas businessmen and lawyers but attacked by human rights groups and local democratic politicians. Another contentious point was the definition of acts of state over which the court has no jurisdiction. The bill uses the formula from the Basic Law, the mini constitution drawn up for post-1997 Hong Kong, which refers to "acts of state such as defense and foreign affairs," a sufficiently vague definition that will allow Beijing to contradict the court's rulings on a number of issues.