“If the United States wants access to Chinese, Indian or Vietnamese markets, we must get access to theirs. U.S. protectionism is very subtle but it is very much there.” IfsWantStatesUnitedUnited StatesAccessChineseIndianSubtleVietnameseProtectionism Author:Azim Premji
“It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese.” PoliticsUnitedEuropeChineseStatesmen Author:Charles de Gaulle
“I find Chinese debates about their political system domestically, but also about China's claims in the international system, to be among the most original and surprising and exciting of our time. The starting point is a system that none of us had anticipated, which I call Leninist capitalism, but also obviously because it is the most important emerging power. The question of China's relations with the United States in particular, and the rest of the world in general, is the question of war and peace in the 21st century.” WorldImportantWarStatesPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesCenturyParticularCapitalismExcitingClaimsRelationOriginalsStartingInternationalChinaDebateChineseOur TimeSurprising21st CenturyEmergingPolitical SystemsStarting Point Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“United States has always been very close to Africa and it's very sad now to see that Africa has a lot more friends - a lot more engagements with the Chinese, with the Indians, with the Brazilians as the United States retreats. Actually, Africa is a wonderful place to do business and American business is missing a big opportunity by really overlooking Africa.” StatesBigsOpportunityUnitedUnited StatesWonderfulMissingChineseEngagementRetreatVery SadOverlookingWonderful PlacesAmerican Business Author:Mo Ibrahim
“The Saylor Foundation is meant to be a gadfly to encourage Google, Apple, MIT, Harvard, the United States government, and the Chinese government to aggressively pursue digital education.” StatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesFoundationPursueChineseApplesDigitalMeant To BeGoogleHarvardState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentMitChinese GovernmentGadflies Author:Michael J. Saylor
“We might be shifting away from a Eurocentric view of the United States into something that's much more multicultural, multinational, and Chinese food is just one slice of that.” StatesMightUnitedViewsUnited StatesChineseJust OneShiftingMulticulturalMultinationalsChinese Food Author:Jennifer Lee
“There's not much value to us attacking Chinese systems. We might take a few computers offline. We might take a factory offline. We might steal secrets from a university research programs, and even something high-tech. But how much more does the United States spend on research and development than China does?” DoeStatesMightValuesUnitedSecretUnited StatesDevelopmentComputerResearchProgramUniversityChinaStealingChineseFactoriesAttackingResearch And DevelopmentOffline Author:Edward Snowden
“I guess we didn't even officially apologize. Jesse Jackson called on the United States to officially apologize to the Chinese. Jesse said, 'An apology is not a sign of weakness.' And as President Clinton has taught us, an apology isn't even a sign you're sorry.” SaidStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTaughtWeaknessClintonSorryChineseApologyApologizingTaught UsPresident Clinton Author:Jay Leno
“I always thought that in modern history Chinese people are like a dish of sand, never really close together. But I think a dish of sand is a good metaphor because we have the Internet. We don't have to be physically united. You can be an individual and have your own set of values but join others in certain struggles. There is nothing more powerful than that.” PeopleThinkingTogetherCertainValuesIndividualUnitedPowerfulStruggleModernInternetMetaphorChineseSandDishesModern History Author:Ai Weiwei