Home / Quotes / Quote by William C. Kirby

Quote by William C. Kirby

“I don't believe that economic and cultural interaction automatically brings greater peace and understanding, although it may help in that regard.”

Quote by William C. Kirby

Author

William C. Kirby

William C. Kirby is an esteemed scholar currently serving as the director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. His research focuses on the social, economic, and cultural transformations of modern China. more

You May Also Like

“So, I think China desperately needs to legitimize some form of opposition.”

Thinking Needs Form China Opposition

Author:William C. Kirby

“Taiwan is a major economy.”

Economy Majors Taiwan

Author:William C. Kirby

“The greater concerns in China and Taiwan are on the political side, not on the economic side.”

Political Sides Greater Economic Concern China Taiwan

Author:William C. Kirby

“There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state.”

States Political Definitions Political Science Taiwan

Author:William C. Kirby

“Another goal is to look to the resources we have and to see how we could do better to plan, in a sense, for the faculty and infrastructure that we will need to study Asia well into the 21st century.”

Needs Wells Looks Goal Study Plans Century Resources Faculty 21st Century Asia Infrastructure

Author:William C. Kirby

“East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since the end of the Korean War in a way that seems unimaginable when you think of the history of the first half of the century.”

Thinking Way Firsts War Ends Seems Half Century East Vietnam Asia Vietnam War Korean Unimaginable Korean War East Asia

Author:William C. Kirby

“Harvard is first and foremost a university and not a consulting operation, and our job here is to teach and to research and to create knowledge on Asia in conjunction and in cooperation with scholars as well as with political, intellectual, and cultural leaders in Asia.”

Firsts Wells Jobs Political Leader Teach Intellectual Research University Operations Cooperation Scholar Asia Harvard Consulting Conjunctions

Author:William C. Kirby

“Now, I believe that war is never inevitable until it starts, but there has been a great proclivity in human history, and including in recent history, for war.”

Believe Humans Has Beens War I Believe Including Inevitable Human History

Author:William C. Kirby

“The Chinese government since 1979 has been very successful in economic development, and successful enough, simply by surviving, in the realm of political development.”

Has Beens Enough Government Political Successful Economic Development Chinese Realms Surviving Economic Development Chinese Government

Author:William C. Kirby

“The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the dispute is resolved, that it be resolved peacefully.”

Important States Done Happens Actors United United States Important Things Urges Disputes Asian Pacific Whatever Happens

Author:William C. Kirby