Henry Kissinger Quotes
The China of the 1970s was a communist dictatorship. The China of the twenty-first century is a one-party state without a firm ideological foundation, more similar to Mexico under the PRI than Russia under Stalin. But the measurement of the political and the economic evolution has not yet been completed, and is one of the weak points of the system.
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China should be another United States from an economic standpoint. Beijing should be another Silicon Valley.
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The Soviet Union, the socialist camp, the People's Republic of China, and North Korea helped us resist, with essential supplies and weapons, the implacable blockade of the United States, the most powerful empire ever to exist.
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The navigation of our inland waters has for years been sought in vain by foreign countries, and if we grant the privilege to Russia, other States will be guided in their demands by her example.
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We can pretend that China is not there. But China is there, and unless we put our economy on the right track, it is going to overwhelm us completely.
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The combined entity Youku Tudou Inc. represents a dominant leader in online video sector in China with the largest user base, most comprehensive content library, most advanced bandwidth infrastructure, and most effective monetization capability.
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I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia.
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The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.
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To deal with local pollution, China has put on the agenda the capping of coal, which has long been a sensitive issue.
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I was in Shanghai when the Japanese invaded China. I was there in Shanghai when, the morning after Pearl Harbor, they seized Shanghai.
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Russia and China, which have embraced autocratic capitalism, have attracted admirers and emulators by the seeming success of their strongman rule.
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Hungary needs Russia.
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Global crude oil demand is increasing, particularly in places like China.
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I would still describe China as a vast, invigorating puzzle that will never make sense to my western upbringing.
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In China, going public has a cachet from a branding standpoint. It will improve our image to ad agencies, government regulators.
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It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet.
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China has set its cultural industries as pillar industries.
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In China, I helped introduce UNEP's campaign to reduce food waste on World Environment Day. The government took notice of food waste issues and now, when you over-order in a restaurant, you are encouraged to downsize. This is where people can really impact policy and vice versa!
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We should've asked China to be a portion of the space station. We should've worked out ways that we can... just give away the technology that we have that puts things up into space, with cooperation up above the atmosphere that's needed to help each other.
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My father was convinced, I think rightly, that if he stayed in Russia, he would have trouble with Lenin.
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Doesn't every kid want to dig a hold to China? Didn't you? What about Chinese children?
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If the British think they can simply detach from the continent and sail towards the USA or China, then they are mistaken.
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The China of the 1970s was a communist dictatorship. The China of the twenty-first century is a one-party state without a firm ideological foundation, more similar to Mexico under the PRI than Russia under Stalin. But the measurement of the political and the economic evolution has not yet been completed, and is one of the weak points of the system.
