The World - News from March 21, 1985
China said it would welcome a relaxation of U.S.-Soviet tensions and an arms-reduction pact if the agreement is not detrimental to the interests of a third country. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Yuzhen, describing talks this week in Peking by Michael H. Armacost, under secretary of state for political affairs, did not explain Peking’s position further. But China and Japan have said they oppose a superpower accord that would permit Soviet missiles removed from Europe to be transferred to Asia.
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