David Ignatius
Related It is undesirable for China to see other Asia Pacific countries becoming a 'sandwich' between the U.... YANG YI It's a good move for Airbus because we don't have enough space in Beijing now and China Eastern is t... LAURENCE BARRON China now threatens not just Taiwan but every corner of the Pacific Ocean with its aggressive expans... ANNETTE LU HENRY PAULSON Forging the bilateral partnership with the U.S. will make it easier for Korea to seek FTA pacts with... CHEONG INKYO The U.S. pointing to China is a bit like the pot calling the kettle black. The deficit with China re... ETHAN HARRIS China's ambitious weapons modernization and reforms in military doctrine are aimed at promoting vast... JOHN TKACIK ZACH WAMP ROBERT ZOELLICK If money is the root of all evil, then China's manipulation of its currency, the yuan, is the ta... PETER NAVARRO The U.S. berates China for its exchange rate policy, which Washington doesn't like. But one-side... ROBERT MUNDELL TOM LANTOS Since China embraced Deng Xiaoping's reforms on 22 December 1978, China has experimented with di... STEVE HANKE GWEN IFILL Since 2000, China has enacted serial regulations and laws for Internet service providers, by which C... LIU ZHENGRONG AMY CHUA KARL PILKINGTON GARY LOCKE They think China, the U.S. and South Korea are going to gang up on them. SELIG HARRISON China is not only formidable, it is also aggressively building its own economic infrastructure. Just... JO ANN EMERSON It is inevitable that China needs to increase its military transparency for acceptance by the intern... YUJI MIYAMOTO In point of fact, one of the carriers that will be operating in the Pacific is an Atlantic Fleet car... ADM. GARY ROUGHEAD Just picture the Eiffel Tower on its side and trying to maneuver it around an aircraft carrier with ... BRUCE CUMMINGS PAT BUCHANAN At this round, China returned to its position of delay and no compromise by insisting on terms for a... CASS JOHNSON We have not seen this level of aircraft carrier activity for a couple years. That number of aircraft... ADM. GARY ROUGHEAD It would be a shame not to have an aircraft carrier because we know the public looks forward to seei... ELLEN KENNEDY TSAI ING-WEN America's largest trade deficit is with China, a nation that enjoys Permanent Normal Trade Relat... JO ANN EMERSON The Paradise Forests of Asia Pacific are brimming with unimaginable diversity of life. But these for... EMMY HAFILD China will purchase more than 100 aircraft each year in the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-10). GAO HONGFENG We want to turn around Pontiac. As for Buick, it is unthinkable we would do anything there, given it... BOB LUTZ EVAN OSNOS The U.S. is piling on the pressure and is likely to name China a currency manipulator, so China migh... DAVID WOO TONY BLAIR China is sophisticated and understands U.S. domestic politics. And if they get branded a manipulator... ANDY ROTHMAN I have had students from as far away as the South Pacific Islands to Sicily. ALLEN MOORE CRAIG GROESCHEL AI WEIWEI Thank you for the confidence put in my by the motherland and the people, for giving me this chance t... LIU YANG India needs to cooperate with China more than China needs India, because it is difficult for India t... GIDEON LO People learn details about China, Russia and America; they know about the volcanoes of the Pacific o... ATHARVA VEDA VIRGINIA FOXX SAM BROWNBACK TERRY GLAVIN It can expand its brands in China, Europe, India, and South American, and it immediately increases i... JOE GREFF China - if you think about what is the character of China, it's enormous scale. It's bigness... ZHANG XIN I am more worried about a conflagration in the East China Sea than in the Taiwan Strait. DAN BLUMENTHAL The committee's finding that China stole sensitive technology from U.S. weapons research labs is... CHARLES BASS GARY LOCKE JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL U.S. - China Economic Relations Revisited. China maintains an unjustified, WTO-inconsistent ban on U... MAX BAUCUS Taiwan is a part of China, an inseparable part of China, and China does not brook any interference i... LI ZHAOXING If someone wanted to phone internationally to the U.S. from China, it would probably cost that perso... JAMES SHEN Trying to control someone is like trying to control a bull in an china shop ,so instead of controlli... GARY F EVANS... The market in the entire Asia/Pacific region is growing well, but it is extremely strong in China wi... GREG BUZEK DAVID IGNATIUS The far more likely Trump scenario is this: Chinese leaders realize they no longer have a weak leade... PETER NAVARRO AI WEIWEI Using the Japan-U.S. alliance as a basis, it is important that we maintain and develop cooperative r... JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI China-EU relations are less complicated. When the EU negotiates with China on economic issues, it is... LIU JIANGYONG Hockey is popular in my area by Russia. Winter sports are only in certain areas. In the south part o... ANFU WANG The long-term potential (for China) is more convincing than ever. Other markets in Asia may see some... ADRIAN FU It is the 20th anniversary of the successful co-operation of Airbus with China's aviation industry, ... LAURENCE BARRON BARBARA TUCHMAN BARBARA W. TUCHMAN The unwarranted accusations by the U.S. against China under the pretext of so-called human rights qu... ZHANG QIYUE China is trying to portray itself as an emerging and responsible global power. But continuing to off... BRAD ADAMS The Chinese want to use Russia in a complicated game with the U.S. and Taiwan. China is expanding it... ALEXANDER GOLTS If you start a successful company in China at 11 A.M., by 2 P.M. there's three more companies li... DOUGLAS LEONE ERNEST ISTOOK In aviation, China is using the lure of being the world's largest market for commercial aircraft to ... BILL HAWKINS LISA KLEYPAS China hopes for an early resumption of diplomatic efforts to solve the issue concerning the weapons ... ZHU BANGZAO The US will continue to remain India's largest partner despite the rapid increase in trade with Chin... ARUN KUMAR China-related stocks will likely to be hit by the austerity measures. I expect further correction in... CASTOR PANG They make fairly grandiose, extravagant claims to the entire South China Sea as Chinese territory. I... JAMES FEINERMAN My stance has consistently been that the firmer and closer that U.S.-Japan relations are, the more p... JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI JOHN WYCLIFFE U.S.-China relations are in difficult shape. DANIEL BLUMENTHAL JOHN HOWARD This has been the U.S. strategy toward China. On the one hand, economically, socially and on the int... LAI HONGYI There's a three-way struggle or contest going on with the Central Asian republics, involving Russia,... GLEN BARCLAY We need to work together (with the U.S. government) to make trade agreements with China right for bo... CRAIG BARRETT JIANG ZEMIN EVAN OSNOS China's appetite for power is rapidly expanding and the country's energy companies continue to build... PIERRE RIVARD JAMES DYSON South Korea's exposure to the China market has been increasing. HIROKAZA YUIHAMA Good relations between the United States and China are important to peace and stability in the Asia-... YASUO FUKUDA Therefore we buy materials here in China and ship them abroad by sea. The biggest advantage is that ... HUANG JUN It's hard to be a good philanthropist in China. CHEN GUANGBIAO JACK MA It is difficult not to regard this incident as an attempt by some Ukrainian forces to aggravate the ... MIKHAIL KAMYNIN AL GORE SARAH LACY Most members of the WTO are too persuaded by China. Taiwan will not be able to enter until China is ... JAMES LILLEY In its report, the Cox Committee concludes that China is using stolen U.S. design information to spe... CHARLES BASS Chen is irritating the island's biggest ally by refusing the U.S. government's appeal, making Taiwan... MIKE SHIAO VLADIMIR PUTIN
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IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH Nothing is more precious than peace, by which all war, both in Heaven and Earth, is brought to an en... IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH I have no taste for corruptible food nor for the pleasures of this life. I desire the Bread of God, ... IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH There is one Physician, of flesh and of spirit, originate and unoriginate, God in man, true Life in ... IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH Only let it be in the name of Jesus Christ, that I may suffer together with Him! I endure everything... IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH I would rather die and come to Jesus Christ than be king over the entire earth. Him I seek who died ... IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is ... IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound ... IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when y... IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH You must all follow the lead of the bishop, as Jesus Christ followed that of the Father; follow the ... IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH Now I begin to be a disciple... Let fire and cross, flocks of beasts, broken bones, dismemberment...... IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH I am God's wheat, and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread... IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH But pray unceasingly also for the rest of men, for they offer ground for hoping that they may be con... IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH Stand like a beaten anvil.IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He has great designs for you, and that He certai... IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA Laugh and grow strong IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA To give, and not to count the costIGNATIUS OF LOYOLA Love is shown more in deeds than in words. 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