June 07, 1978 (vol. 88, iss. 25) • Page Image 7
…The Michigan Daily-Wednesdoy, June 7, 1978-POag7 STEPS UP DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS AND AID China counters USSR in Africa An AP New Analysis JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -Alarmed at the mounting Soviet penetration of Africa, China is reasser- ting itself on the continent it once declared "ripe for revolution." China's new stirring in Africa follows more than two years of low-profile diplomacy that began in late 1975 after massive shipments of So...…