There is no sentiment in the administration for humoring the Chinese.

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On the contrary, ... The Pentagon report shows that there is every reason to believe that China intends either to coerce Taiwan or to attack it. There is no third option.

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China's primary objective is to maintain North Korea as a buffer zone.

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China's ambitious weapons modernization and reforms in military doctrine are aimed at promoting vast increases in its comprehensive national power, ... a wake-up call to the administration, to Congress, to the Taiwan government and to our friends and allies in the Asia-Pacific region that . . . China stands poised to assert itself as the pre-eminent power in the Asia-Pacific region.

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The administration has used 'provocative' many times.

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We ought to be very concerned about this, that Beijing's adherence to the rule of law should apply to the 2008 Olympics, ... I think that the Olympic committee ought to monitor Beijing very closely on the issue.

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The Bush Administration should cease pretending that China's involvement in Iranian nuclear weapons negotiations has been constructive and publicly question China's motives.

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