Bob McKellar wrote in
:

We see a China that is stable and prosperous -- a nation
that respects the peace of its neighbors and works to secure
the freedom of its own people.


-G.W. Bush

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...031022-12.html

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Let's have no more talk of China building offensive
missiles, aircraft and ships.


The context of this quote is important. Bush's speechwriters were smart
enough to separate China from discussion about Japan and the largely
democratic, free marketeering Asian Tigers and use language that is more
visionary than descriptive. He's not saying China is not repressive or a
potential strategic adversary, but that China can choose to be and most
likely will in the end.

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