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By DIANA BIRD
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
The “Friday Evening at the Library” program for May 9 at 8 p.m. will feature Norman Getsinger of Flint Hill. His “Eagle and Dragon — A Perspective on U.S. — China Relations” talk will reflect his fifty years as a China — watcher.
At the end of World War II, Mr. Getsinger was employed for two years as a United Nations China relief program inspector. This work took him through most of the countryside.
Later, as a Foreign Service Officer, he served six years at the U.S. Embassy in Taiwan where he became fluent in Chinese.
Mr. Getsinger’s career in the foreign service was an extensive one that, in the Far East, included service in Korea and Hong Kong.
From Hong Kong, where he was Deputy Consul General, he visited Mainland China during the Cultural Revolution.
Following his retirement from State, Norman escorted U.S. business groups to China and has continued his travels there. He was in Beijing at the time of the Tien An Men incident.
Through his many contacts, he keeps abreast of developments in the
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