Packet 8: Tossup 11

A leader of this country was photographed pressing his ear to Beijing’s Echo Wall during his second visit to China. That politician from this country had earlier visited China as an opposition leader days before Henry Kissinger’s secret 1971 visit. (-5[1])This country pursued a policy of “Asia first, not Asia only” under a leader who dispatched forces to combat Wanra militias under pressure from the Clinton administration. A leader of this country who withdrew from the Vietnam War and threatened to close Pine Gap (-5[1])may have been (10[1])dismissed (10[3])at (10[1])the (10[1])behest (10[2])of (10[1])the CIA (10[4])during (-5[1])a 1975 (10[2])constitutional (-5[1])crisis. (10[1])This country led the initial peacekeeping force sent to East Timor during violence over its 1999 independence referendum. For 10 points, what country sought closer relations with Asia under Prime Ministers Gough (10[1])(“goff”) Whitlam (10[1])and John (10[1])Howard? ■END■ (10[5])

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