Burch and even the name the John Birch Society is even less known in china than it is in the United States which is not surprising. While the name of mccarthy may be well known or pretty well known in china, the name of a Birch Society did not reach that same level, mccarthy was in Political Office and had a different kind of platform from robert welch. In the Birch Society. I think think if the book were to be translated in published in china then there would obviously the more interest and it would be extremely interesting to know if there is more information in the archives about the incident. As far as i know the communist party to the late 50s and 60s, while they followed american politics at a distance in terms of the Civil Rights Movement and were quite concerned and quite interested in what they viewed as oppression of africanamericans, blacks in u. S. Society and this was evidence of the ills of capitalism. Not to mention imperialism, there was not that much attention, partly
57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Thanks for joining us. Im meg oliver in for annemarie green. Tomorrow in las vegas, the democratic president ial candidates meet in their first debate and its shaping up to be a critical contest for Hillary Clinton who continues to lead, but is losing ground. A just released cbs news poll shows clinton with a 19point lead over Bernie Sanders, but its a dramatic drop from august when her lead was 41 percentage points. Don champion is here in new york. Don, good morning. Good morning, meg. Reporter the clinton camp is hoping tomorrow nights debate will help jumpstart her campaign. This week, president obama weighed in on clinton and the race for the white house. New polls show tuesday nights debate could be the most important one of Hillary Clintons career. The latest cbs news poll shows only 35 of primary voters view her as honest and trustworthy. During an interview that aired sunday on 60 minutes, president obama weighed in on clintons
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