Taiwan Quotes - Page 2

• America has made it very clear in several administrations that if there is an attack by China on Taiwan, the United States is very likely to resist.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  America, United States, Administration

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Safeguarding the interests of our Taiwan compatriots and expanding their well-being is the mainland's oft-repeated pledge and solemn promise of the new leaders of China's Communist Party central committee.

  Xi Jinping

  Party, Leader, Promise

  "China's Xi to tread peaceful, patient path on Taiwan", www.reuters.com. February 25, 2013.

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• I was in Taiwan recently and was completely amazed by the density of population. It makes New York look like no one is out on the streets.

  Richard Meier

  New York, Population, Density

  Source: www.architecturaldigest.com

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• Taiwan is democratic.

  Annette Lu

  Democratic

  "Annette Lu: 'They Made Me Famous'". Interview with Don Shapiro, www.cnn.com. April 19, 2000.

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• As Taiwan's friend and ally, I believe it is important for the United States to monitor the situation in the Taiwan Strait very carefully to help ensure Taiwan is not forced into a position which would endanger its freedom or its democracy.

  Jim Costa

  Believe, Democracy, Important

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• The L.A. weather is a lot like Taiwan's, where you don't observe four seasons, so the years can pass and you don't feel a thing.

  Ang Lee

  Years, Weather, Four Seasons

  Interview with Nancy Miller, www.lamag.com. November 20, 2012.

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• Moreover, as we live in an era of the ascendancy of democracy and human rights, we must see that Taiwan has been a vibrant democracy with a democratically elected president and legislature.

  Nick Lampson

  Rights, Democracy, President

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• With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society.

  Ma Ying-jeou

  Years, Democratic, Democratic Society

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• For Singapore, its test for its own democracy must be whether it fit and serve the interests of its people and conditions, and not serve some abstract ideal that the Western media thought it ought to conform to. If in 10 years, Philippines, Taiwan and Korea were better societies because they adopted the US model, Singapore would hurry to catch.

  Goh Chok Tong

  Media, Korea, Years

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• These two points are lies. UN Resolution 2758 does not say a word about the relationship between Taiwan and China, let alone say that the PRC represents Taiwan

  Annette Lu

  Lying, Two, Doe

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• If we look at everybody's darling, China, there is an analogue called Taiwan that is inhabited by the Chinese as well. But the standard of living and of innovation of the Taiwanese economy cannot be compared with the Chinese growth rate.

  Garry Kasparov

  Innovation, Growth, Chinese

  Source: www.rferl.org

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• In the short term, it would not have made it possible to resume relations, because in the Chinese mind, the humiliation of China started with the annexation of Taiwan by Japan. If the United States had suddenly declared Taiwan as a separate state - for which we would have had no support among other nations - the consequences would have been giving up our relationship with China and committing ourselves to a long-term conflict with China.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Giving Up, Japan, Long

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• What China would do, I cannot predict. China has all but given up the claim to the use of force, except in the circumstance of Taiwan declaring its independence. That is a huge step forward over what the situation was many years ago.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Years, Independence, Use

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Making this movie as a period piece about a period that was very recent in people's minds. I was in Taiwan [during the 1970s], so I hope I did all right. Otherwise, it could be the biggest embarrassment of my life. Also, the story is not linear, it's patchy, like a cubist painting, and there is always the possibility it will not hold together, it will fall apart. The tone is part satire, part serious drama, part tragedy, all mixed together, and it has to hit an emotional core. That's also very scary.

  Ang Lee

  Drama, Fall, Emotional

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• Self-ruled Taiwan cannot be expected to accept such an affront to the legitimacy of its government and the self-determination of the Taiwanese people.

  Todd Akin

  Determination, Government, Self

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• People don't think that bread is part of Asian culture or Asian food culture, but it's quite prevalent in Northern China, and you see it throughout Japan and as you go to Taiwan.

  David Chang

  Thinking, Food Culture, Japan

  "David Chang's Pork Buns: An Unexpected Hit". "All Things Considered" with Michele Norris, www.npr.org. November 3, 2009.

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• The Chinese military budget today is officially listed as, I think, about $15 billion. But even if you double it, that's only a tenth of ours. So the possibility of China challenging the United States for the next ten years over the Pacific is next to zero. There could be a conflict between us and China over Taiwan, but I think that, too, will not occur with the proper policies on both sides.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Zero, Military, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Taiwan will probably not declare independence. The question isn't independence. The issue is whether Taiwan will declare itself as a sovereign separate state. That will start a huge crisis if that happens.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Issues, Independence, Sovereign

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I expect the ruling and opposition parties to work together for the future of Taiwan.

  Chen Shui-bian

  Party, Working Together, Ruling

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• Well it did not make excessive sense to say that 20 million people are the recognized government of a billion people that have their own institutions. We did not change it in the sense that we said this has to end, but there was a U.N. vote that transferred the legitimacy of China from Taiwan to Beijing. Beijing was recognized as the government of all of China. Then, under President Carter, we followed what the U.N. had already done eight years earlier.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Eight, Government, Years

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Every time there has been an attempt to disturb it, it led to two things. It led to immediate intense conflict with China, and it led to a reaffirmation in the end, because nobody wanted a major confrontation with China to this principle of a "one China" policy within which Taiwan is finding a place now. Its own position has greatly improved since the Nixon policy. It is richer, it is stronger and it is participating in many international organizations.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Organization, Two, Stronger

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The defining issue is that the government in Taiwan was considered to be the government of all of China, and the authorities in Beijing were not recognized as a government of China. So Taiwan was the residuary for all of China.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Government, Issues, Defining

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• More and more of the Taiwanese economy is connected with the mainland. There are more and more exchanges taking place. There's no reason to doubt that over a period of ten years or so, or maybe more, the conditions of life on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will become more comparable, and the dialogue on the political level therefore easier.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Years, Two Sides, Political

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Of course, in principle, they're against it. We are the ones that keep asking them what they think about it. I think their basic concern is a land-based missile defense of Taiwan hooked into the American communications and other systems, which in effect would make Taiwan then an outpost of the United States. That is a concern they frequently express. A missile defense shield of the United States, while they may not like it, it is not a big obstacle to our relationship.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Communication, Thinking, Land

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Britain cannot compete with China or Taiwan on price; we compete on skills, on arts and culture.

  Sadiq Khan

  Art, Skills, Culture

  Source: www.alastaircampbell.org

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