... there relationship was hostile. In the medium term China's economic needs have influenced the major shifts in foreign relations; where the USSR offered economic and technical aid in the 1950's; the USA and the West did not. USA and the west offered investment and technology in the 1970's and 1980's after the USSR had become incapable. USA and China were hostile up to the 1950's during the Korean War, as they were against ... of their social systems, should conduct their relations on the principles of non interference in the internal affairs of other states- - Statement from "THE SHANGHA...

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... given birth to a child out of wedlock. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Homes declared that "three generations of imbeciles are enough" during the Buck v. Bell case, which upheld the Virginia court ruling (The Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement). Carrie's sterilization sentence was carried out. It was later determined that Carrie Buck was not mentally ill and her pregnancy was ... supported in institutions or "maintained wholly or in part by public expense." The law encompassed the "feebleminded, insane, criminalistic, epileptic, inebriate, diseased, blind, deaf; deforme...

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... countries became involved in the war when Iran attacked Kuwaiti oil tankers that were traveling in the Persian Gulf. These attacks greatly tainted the view on Iran and soon Ayatollah Khomeini had a difficult time finding weapons and parts for the war. As a result of the shortage of weapons, some Iranian nationalist took several Americans as hostages and made demands and ransoms. In 1950, the North Korean communist soldiers poured across ... the 38th , a neutral zone between the communist North Korea and democratic ... ...

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