Lee Teng-hui is a remarkable man. And as a talented politician he moved the island forward by increasing democracy, and mostly he opened up trade routes with China.
It's not wise to hold a gun against their head and ask them to talk, ... after Taiwan and China both enter the WTO, they will be able to resume a healthy dialogue on trade.
The Chinese are going to want to stretch it out, and we're going to want to accelerate it. In 2006, China is the big enchilada and this is the most important bilateral relationship in the world.
China's got huge problems.
If we start talking about human rights, espionage, illegal campaign funding, technology transfer, they'll say, `What about Kosovo?' .
We're going to pull the five powers -- Russia, South Korea, Japan, China, the U.S. -- together, not to corner the North Koreans, but to begin to present them with pretty strong options and requiring them to make a move.
We are driven by images, ... and the Tiananmen images are the most powerful images we've had for years.
China's got huge problems. There's enormous corruption all across the board.
It's part of the game of putting us on the defensive.
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