Taiwan: The Model

Into Washington this week flies C. K. Yen, 61, vice president, premier and, most important, chief economic planner of the Nationalist Chinese government on Taiwan. Within the fortnight following he will pay calls on President Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, businessmen and Chinese communities from Cape Kennedy to San Francisco. Remarkably, he seeks no financial handouts of any sort. But, he admits in a modest way, he would indeed be pleased by recognition of the dramatic fact that Taiwan has become a model for Asian economic development.

Yen has all sorts...