“Well, as you've said, we cannot expect the people of China not to want to progress, so if you have an opportunity to progress, to develop your economy to a world class economy, it's an aspiration that is natural and that, I welcome.” PeopleIfsWorldWantWellsSaidOpportunityNaturalClassEconomyProgressChinaWelcomeAspirationWorld Class Author:S. R. Nathan
“China has seen a great deal of economic progress. It's certainly rather of a miracle. The growing role of the market in the economy will force China to open up its political system over time and to move toward a more democratic society. So taken as a whole, the one real failure in this whole business has been Russia.” Has BeensRealWholeMovingPoliticalForceDealsRolesEconomyTakenGrowingProgressEconomicMiracleDemocraticChinaRussiaPolitical SystemsDemocratic SocietyEconomic Progress Author:Milton Friedman
“Japan became an imperialist country in many ways, but that was much later, after it had already made big progress. I dont think Japans wealth was based on exploiting China. Japans wealth was based on its expansion in international trade.” ThinkingWayMadeCountryBigsWealthProgressTradeInternationalChinaJapanExpansionInternational Trade Author:Amartya Sen
“There is no media freedom in China. As a result, the society is corrupt and lacks productivity. It is unable to adjust itself for progress. This will lead to the country's eventual downfall.” CountryResultsProgressMediaChinaProductivityDownfall Author:Ai Weiwei
“The goal we have set for ourselves, which is to diversify our cooperation with China, is making progress.” GoalProgressChinaCooperation Author:Vladimir Putin
“It's amazing how much progress there's been in China, and also India. Those are the places that really matter - they're half of the world's population. They're the places where things are enormously better now than they were 50 years ago. And I don't see anything that's going to stop that.” WorldYearsMatterHalfProgressYears AgoIndiaPopulationChinaBetter Now Author:Freeman Dyson
“I think from the business point of view, Taiwan and China tied together brings mutual benefit. And we don't see any reason for stopping that progress, unless they have a political reason.” ThinkingReasonTogetherPoliticalViewsProgressBenefitsChinaPoint Of ViewMutualTiedStoppingTaiwanMutual Benefit Author:Stan Shih